The Lancaster Tigers will venture away from home to challenge the Cedar Hill Longhorns at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Lancaster 3.1, Cedar Hill 1.7) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Lancaster is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Horn just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 3-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Jaguars.
Meanwhile, Cedar Hill came tearing into Friday's match with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They beat the Raiders by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 15-1.
Monte Dismuke tossed a big game, striking out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and only one walk). That's the fewest earned runs he has allowed over his last three games.
On the hitting side, Cedar Hill let Jacob Gonzalez and Brayden Boyd run wild. Gonzalez went a perfect 4-for-4 with one home run, three runs, and two RBI, while Boyd went a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple. Boyd is also on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was Reginald Samuel, who scored three runs while going 1-for-3.
Cedar Hill kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Skyline only managed three hits.
Cedar Hill's record now sits at 11-2-1. As for Lancaster, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-5.
Lancaster couldn't quite finish off Cedar Hill in their previous meeting back in February of 2024 and fell 6-4. Can Lancaster avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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