The Dewar Dragons will face off against the Latta Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Dewar is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.5 runs per game this season.
Dewar is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Oklahoma's top teams: Tushka, who was ranked 18th at the time (Dewar was ranked eighth). The Dragons came up short against the Tigers on Tuesday, falling 11-3. The pitching woes were uncharacteristic for the Dragons, who until this game were averaging 1.63 runs allowed.
AIDEN TOMLINSON was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with one home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Braelin Lewis, who went 1-for-2 with one home run.
Meanwhile, Latta came tearing into Tuesday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.3 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Bulldogs as they made off with an 8-1 win. Considering the Panthers have won ten contests by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Latta's victory bumped their record up to 14-9. As for Dewar, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 29-1.
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