For the second straight game, Bangs will face off against Hawley. The Dragons will challenge the Bearcats at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
Bangs heads in on the heels of a playoff contest on Thursday. They lost 9-1 to Hawley. The Dragons haven't had much luck with the Bearcats recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
For Hawley's part, Alek Southerland made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off eight hits. Those eight strikeouts gave Southerland a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. That stolen base marked the first that he has snagged this season.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Braylen Williams, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and one run. Braylen Sanchez was another key player, going 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
Hawley always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .514. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bangs only posted an OBP of .367.
Hawley is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-6-1 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.7 runs over those games. As for Bangs, their defeat dropped their record down to 18-9.
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