The Tecumseh Savages will venture away from home to take on the Sulphur Bulldogs at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Tecumseh barely beat Shawnee the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. Tecumseh never let Shawnee get on the board and left with an 8-0 victory on Monday. The Savages' hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Elias Hasler made a big impact no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out eight over six innings pitched. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with one triple, two RBI, and one run.
Caleb Sparks
| 03/17/25 vs Shawnee | 3 |
| 04/15/24 vs Cleveland | 2 |
| 03/29/24 vs McLoud | 2 |
| 04/18/24 @ Prague | 1 |
| 04/04/24 vs North Rock Creek | 1 |
In other batting news, Caleb Sparks was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. Zant Shirey was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Tecumseh was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Sulphur won against Plainview on Tuesday with nine runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. Sulphur was the clear victors by a 9-3 margin over Caddo. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by six runs or more this season.
Jett Runyan looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Carter Cole, who went 3-for-5 with one home run and four RBI. That home run marked the first that he launched this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Traber Sartors, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
The win got Tecumseh back to even at 2-2. As for Sulphur, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-1.
Tecumseh came out on top in a nail-biter against Sulphur when the teams last played back in March of 2019, sneaking past 1-0. Will Tecumseh repeat their success, or does Sulphur have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
