The Palmer Bulldogs will face off against Sunnyvale at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Palmer has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight defeats, while Sunnyvale will come in with five straight victories.
Palmer saw some tournament action on Saturday. They came up short against Midlothian Heritage, falling 9-3. That's two games in a row now that the Bulldogs have lost by exactly six runs.
Palmer saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kenli Dobie, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. That's the most runs Dobie has posted over her last 13 contests.
While Sunnyvale didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-16-1), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They walked away with a 9-4 win over Grand Prairie on Saturday.
Sunnyvale's victory bumped their record up to 5-0. As for Palmer, their loss dropped their record down to 6-8-1.
Everything went Palmer's way against Sunnyvale in their previous meeting back in March of 2016, as Palmer made off with an 8-0 win. Does Palmer have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sunnyvale turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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