The Red River Bulldogs will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Pine Prairie Panthers at 6:00 p.m. Red River is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8 runs per game this season.
Red River is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Converse just ended the team's four-game winning streak last Monday. They fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 1-0. Red River was red-hot at the plate headed into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the three games prior) but Converse's pitchers proved too tough.
Red River saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kenny Lazarus, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Pine Prairie walked away with it. They blew past the Bears 11-4. The win made it back-to-back victories for Pine Prairie.
Red River's loss dropped their record down to 22-8. As for Pine Prairie, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-12 record this season.
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