Bottineau faced Ray in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. The Braves/Stars' pitchers stepped up to hand the Ray Jays a 7-0 shutout. Considering the Braves/Stars have won nine contests by more than six runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Braves/Stars
05/23/25 @ Ray | 7-0 |
05/21/25 @ Ray | 15-5 |
05/12/25 @ Divide County | 34-0 |
05/10/25 @ Horace | 1-0 |
04/28/25 @ Ray | 1-0 |
+ 9 more games |
Bottineau's win was their 14th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 13-2. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Ray, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-3-1.
Coming up, Bottineau will take on Beulah at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Ray does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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