The Dawson School Mustangs will head out on the road to take on the Lyons Lions at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. The pair are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Dawson School can now show off three landslide victories after their most recent game on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Arrupe Jesuit as Dawson School made off with a 15-5 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Dawson School.
Dawson Kusel was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits. Kusel was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, Shelton Johnson and Darren Sebek did most of the damage at the plate: Johnson scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Sebek scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. Johnson has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. Julian Sutton was another key contributor, going 1-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Meanwhile, Lyons came tearing into Tuesday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.5 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They were the clear victor by a 17-11 margin over the Bobcats. 17 seems to be a good number for Lyons as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Davis Abernathy was incredible, going 3-for-6 with six RBI, three runs, and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Ping, who scored five runs and stole a base while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances.
Dawson School's record is now 5-1. As for Lyons, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Dawson School has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 10 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Lyons struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.2. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Dawson School came up short against Lyons when the teams last played back in April of 2023, falling 10-5. Can Dawson School avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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