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| 05/03/24 - Home | 2-0 W |
| 05/25/23 - Neutral | 3-0 W |
| 05/05/23 - Away | 10-0 W |
| 05/23/15 - Neutral | 5-1 W |
| 04/11/15 - Neutral | 9-3 W |
Defiance has gone a perfect 5-0 against Bryan recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Bulldogs will square off against the Golden Bears at 5:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Defiance has 14 straight victories, Bryan has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Defiance proved they can win big on Monday (they won by ten) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Perrysburg 4-3.
Defiance got a great performance from Garyson Smiddy as he tossed 6.2 innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, Defiance let Logan Hutcheson and Brady Borton run wild. Hutcheson went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run, while Borton went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases. That's the most stolen bases Borton has posted since back in May of 2024.
Meanwhile, Bryan lost 9-2 to Shawnee on Thursday.
Bryan's loss dropped their record down to 8-10. As for Defiance, their win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-0.
Defiance skirted past Bryan 2-0 in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Bulldogs since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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