For the second straight game, Denison will face off against Sherman. The Yellow Jackets will face off against the Bearcats at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Denison has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with seven straight losses, while Sherman will come in with four straight wins.
Denison is headed into the match having just suffered their closest defeat since April 9, 2024 on Tuesday. They fell just short of Sherman by a score of 7-5. Yellow Jackets fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team's lost against the Bearcats since on Tuesday.
For Sherman's part, Elijah Newton made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave Newton a new career-high in strikeouts (four). He was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. That stolen base was his first of the season.
In other batting news, Collin Macon and Clay Boothe did most of the damage at the plate: Macon scored a run while going 2-for-4, while Boothe went 3-for-4 with two RBI. Eric Encinas was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
Sherman kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.
Sherman pushed their record up to 8-16-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.3 runs over those games. As for Denison, their loss dropped their record down to 5-23.
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