Dakota is on a ten-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while South Lyon is on a six-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Dakota Cougars will take on the South Lyon Lions at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Dakota: 2.9, South Lyon: 3.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Thursday, Dakota had just enough and edged Romeo out 2-1.
Meanwhile, South Lyon beat Kettering 12-8 on Friday. That's two games straight that South Lyon has won by exactly four runs.
Luke Stevens made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out six batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off two hits. Stevens was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Gavin Crowley was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Aiden Robinson, who scored two runs and stole two bases.
Dakota has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season. As for South Lyon, their victory bumped their record up to 22-4.
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