The Dixon Dukes & Duchesses will challenge the St. Francis Spartans at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Dixon is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Everything went their way against Sterling as they made off with a 10-2 victory. The Dukes & Duchesses not only won on Saturday, but they posted their biggest win since May 1st (when they won 14-6).

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Brady Lawrence was excellent, going 2-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI, and one run. Those two doubles gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Brady Feit, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three runs and one stolen base.
Meanwhile, St. Francis made easy work of Montini Catholic on Saturday and carried off a 7-1 win. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 19 matchups by six runs or more this season.
The victory made it two in a row for Dixon and bumps their season record up to 14-15. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 3 runs in those games. As for St. Francis, their victory bumped their record up to 25-9.
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