Prairie View extended their losing streak to six on Tuesday, dropping them down to 1-6-2. They came up short against the Burlington Wildcats, falling 17-2. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Wildcats this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 15-0 on Tuesday.
As for Burlington, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games.
For Burlington's part, the team relied heavily on Hunter Cole, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, three runs, and four RBI. Those four RBI gave Cole a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Maddux Cheever, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
Prairie View has already played their next matchup (against Lebo), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Burlington, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, an 11-1 win against Humboldt on the 16th.
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