Dayton has been on the road for five straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Churchill County Greenwave at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Last Saturday, Dayton suffered a rough 16-6 defeat at the hands of Spring Creek. Dayton has struggled against Spring Creek recently, as their game on Saturday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Ty Francis was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more stolen bases the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Beau Walker, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Churchill County faced Douglas in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Churchill County wound up with the same score they had in their last game (10-0), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. They were red-hot at the plate headed into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the three matches prior) but Douglas' pitchers proved too tough.
Dayton's loss dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Churchill County, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-4.
Dayton might still be hurting after the 14-1 loss they got from Churchill County in their previous matchup two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Churchill County's Evan Giovanetti, who didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. Now that Dayton knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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