Spring Creek and Dayton are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2019, but likely not for long. The Spring Creek Spartans will play host again on Friday to welcome the Dayton Dust Devils, where first pitch is scheduled at 3:00 p.m. Spring Creek knows how to get runs on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy run totals in its past five matchups -- so hopefully Dayton likes a good challenge.
Spring Creek stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Saturday. Everything went their way against Sparks as Spring Creek made off with a 16-1 victory. That's two games straight that Spring Creek has won by exactly 15 runs.
The team relied heavily on Norman House, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Chase Marrott, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Dayton suffered a tough 9-1 defeat at the hands of Douglas on Thursday. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Dayton in their matchups with Douglas: they've now lost three in a row.
Dayton saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Duke Evans, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Spring Creek pushed their record up to 10-1 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Dayton, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
Spring Creek took their victory against Dayton in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 22-8. Will Spring Creek repeat their success, or does Dayton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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