The Dixie Heights Colonels will head out on the road to face off against the Cooper Jaguars at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Dixie Heights has three straight wins, Cooper has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Friday, Dixie Heights needed a bit of extra time to put away Bracken County. They had just enough and edged the Polar Bears out 11-10. 11 seems to be a good number for Dixie Heights as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Kyle Flynn looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Ryle Cullen, who went 4-for-4 with four RBI and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Owen Stulz, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Cooper had to settle for an 11-10 defeat against Holy Cross on Saturday.
Dixie Heights' win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-11. As for Cooper, their loss dropped their record down to 6-13.
Dixie Heights suffered a grim 15-3 defeat to Cooper in their previous meeting back in March. Can Dixie Heights avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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