The Crestview Bulldogs will head out on the road to challenge the Niceville Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Crestview is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Last Wednesday, Crestview didn't have quite enough to beat Milton and fell 2-1.
Crestview saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaleb Kompoltowicz, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base. Kompoltowicz has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, Niceville had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Indians with a sharp 12-3 win. 12 seems to be a good number for Niceville as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Landon Hawkins looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Wyatt Wainwright, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Jeremiah Blair, who went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
Crestview's defeat dropped their record down to 13-12. As for Niceville, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 14-11 record this season.
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