Baseball Game Preview: Dixie Flyers vs. Cedar Reds

Dixie has gone 8-2 against Cedar recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Flyers will challenge the Reds at 3:00 p.m. Dixie's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Cedar's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Dixie is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Taylorsville with a sharp 11-1 win on Saturday. The victory continues a trend for the Flyers in their matchups with the Warriors: they've now won four in a row.

Dixie got a great performance from Beckham Webb as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over five innings pitched. What's more, Webb posted four strikeouts, the most he's had over his last three matchups.

Carson Hunt

Runs (Career)

03/28/26 vs Taylorsville	3
03/13/26 vs Viewmont	2
05/08/25 vs West Field	2
04/22/25 @ Hurricane	2
04/15/25 vs Pine View	2

At the plate, Carson Hunt and Weston Gilmore did most of the damage at the plate: Hunt went 2-for-3 with three runs, two RBI, and one double, while Gilmore went 2-for-3 with one triple, one run, and one double. Those three runs gave Hunt a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Cannon Turley, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one stolen base and two RBI.

Dixie always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .613. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Cedar came out on top against Dixie on Wednesday thanks in part to the team's impressive four-run sixth inning. The Reds walked away with a 6-1 win over the Flyers.

Cedar saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Karson Duncan, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one RBI.

Cedar's victory bumped their record up to 6-8. As for Dixie, their win bumped their record up to 10-4.

Dixie couldn't quite get it done against Cedar when the teams last played on Wednesday as they fell 6-1. Can the Flyers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.