Baseball Recap: Davenport Makes It Four in a Row at Home

Bulldogs

Margin (Wins)

03/01/25 vs Oilton	14
03/01/25 vs Olive	10
03/01/25 vs Olive	10
02/27/25 vs Yale	10

While Davenport didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-21), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They were the clear victor by an 11-1 margin over the Olive Wildcats on Saturday. Fans of the Bulldogs have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 6+ runs.

Chase Mitchell made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Mitchell was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 1-for-1.

In other batting news, Bryson Dingman and Tyler Gilkison did most of the damage at the plate: Dingman went 2-for-3 with four RBI, one triple, and one run, while Gilkison scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-1. Collin Bales was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2.

Davenport was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .667. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .389 or higher every time they've taken the field this season.

Davenport pushed their record up to 4-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for Olive, they are on a seven-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-4.

Looking ahead, Davenport will welcome Drumright at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Olive, they will square off against Yale at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. Olive has given up an average of 9.8 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week.