The Beresford Watchdogs will square off against the Vermillion Tanagers on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Beresford is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Dakota's top teams: Sioux Valley, who was ranked 21st at the time (Beresford was ranked 19th). The Watchdogs fell just short of the Cossacks by a score of 2-0 on Saturday. The Watchdogs were red-hot at the plate heading into the contest (they scored no less than ten runs in the four games prior), but the Cossacks' pitchers proved too tough.
Meanwhile, Vermillion didn't have quite enough to beat Dakota Valley on Friday and fell 5-4. The Tanagers have struggled against the Panthers recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meeting.
Vermillion's loss dropped their record down to 6-10. As for Beresford, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-11.
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