Ballinger is 1-9 against Wall since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Ballinger Bearcats will head out on the road to challenge the Wall Hawks at 12:00 p.m.
On Thursday, Ballinger came up short against Merkel and fell 5-1.
Meanwhile, Wall had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.4 runs), and they went ahead and made it nine on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Bulldogs with a sharp 11-1 victory. Considering Wall has won 18 matches by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Kellan Oliver was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Oliver was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with a double.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Will Scherr, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with a home run, five RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Matthew Steen, who went 1-for-2 with a home run and three RBI.
Ballinger's defeat dropped their record down to 8-8. As for Wall, they pushed their record up to 20-3 with that win, which was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season.
Ballinger suffered a grim 12-3 defeat to Wall in their previous meeting back in April of 2022. Can Ballinger avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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