The North Dallas Bulldogs will square off against the Kimball Knights at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (North Dallas has 11 straight victories, Kimball has eight straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If North Dallas beats Kimball with 17 runs on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. The Bulldogs' pitchers stepped up to hand Roosevelt a 17-0 shutout on Tuesday. Considering the Bulldogs have won ten matchups by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 11 runs the game before, Kimball was a bit more limited in their contest on Tuesday. They came up short against Conrad, falling 29-2.
North Dallas pushed their record up to 12-7 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 19.0 runs over those games. As for Kimball, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-11.
North Dallas took their win against Kimball in their previous meeting back in March by a conclusive 29-6 score. Do the Bulldogs have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Knights turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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