The Bearden Bears will venture away from home to square off against the Ouachita Warriors at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Bearden is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.
Fans were treated to a battle of the Bears on Tuesday. Bearden took a 6-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of Bradley.
Landon Faucett put in work no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up four earned runs off eight hits. Faucett was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.
In other batting news, Matthew Chambers was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with three stolen bases and one run.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Ouachita). Their pitchers stepped up to hand Gurdon a 17-0 shutout on Monday. The Warriors haven't had any issues with the Go-Devils recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive win against them.
Ouachita picked up their first home victory, bumping their record up to 6-4. As for Bearden, they now have a losing record of 5-6.
Bearden might still be hurting after the 7-0 defeat they got from Ouachita in their previous matchup back in February of 2022. Can the Bears avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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