The Polytechnic Parrots will venture away from home to square off against the South Oak Cliff Bears at 12:00 p.m. on Friday. Polytechnic has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with seven straight defeats, while South Oak Cliff will come in with four straight victories.
Polytechnic fell victim to DeSoto and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Eagles.
Meanwhile, South Oak Cliff got the win against Seagoville on Monday by a conclusive 12-2. With that win, the Bears brought their scoring average up to 6.8 runs per game.
James Crain was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with three RBI.
In other batting news, Jazzmon Powell was incredible, going a perfect 3-for-3 with five stolen bases, four runs, and two RBI. Those four runs gave him a new career-high. Ke'El Hatley also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
South Oak Cliff was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .389. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in four consecutive matchups.
South Oak Cliff's record is now 5-0-1. As for Polytechnic, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Polytechnic skirted past South Oak Cliff 1-0 when the teams last played back in March of 2024. Will the Parrots repeat their success, or do the Bears have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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