On Saturday, Dakota faced South Lyon in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Dakota Cougars' pitchers stepped up to hand the South Lyon Lions a 6-0 shutout. The victory was familiar territory for Dakota who now have six in a row.
For South Lyon's part, they got a good showing from Chris Mathis, who pitched 2.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits.
On the hitting side, South Lyon saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Braden Fox, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases.
Dakota's win was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 17-6. As for South Lyon, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 22-5.
Dakota will have a chance to go back-to-back against South Lyon: the pair will be back at it again later today.
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