The Dunbar Mightymen will face off against the Agricultural Science Cyclones at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
Dunbar came into this matchup off a tough 17-run defeat on Tuesday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Kelly by a score of 5-3 on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Agricultural Science waltzed into their game on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Meteors as they made off with a 13-3 win. While the Cyclones didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Elias Fernandez made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out nine batters over 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in March. He was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Aiden Kessenich, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged two or more in each of the last three games he's played. Jarius Simmons -Watson was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Agricultural Science was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .467. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in four consecutive matchups.
Dunbar's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Agricultural Science, their victory bumped their record up to 7-3-2.
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