The Dunlap Eagles will challenge the Ottawa Pirates at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Dunlap is coming into the game hot, having won their last eight games.
Dunlap's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged out Limestone 1-0. The one-run effort marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Dunlap saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Christian Ferrari, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Ottawa, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They walked away with a 7-4 win over Kaneland on Wednesday. While the Pirates didn't have the best season last year (they finished 16-20), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
The victory snapped Ottawa's losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 9-5 record. As for Dunlap, their win bumped their record up to 12-4.
Everything went Dunlap's way against Ottawa when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as Dunlap made off with a 19-0 victory. Will the Eagles repeat their success, or do the Pirates have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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