The Cottonwood Bears will square off against the Dothan Wolves at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Cottonwood will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.
Cottonwood's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They put the hurt on Houston County with a sharp 15-0 victory. The Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 contests by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Dothan was not the first on the board last Tuesday, but they got there more often. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with an 11-9 win over Providence Christian. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wolves.
Aaron Walker looked comfortable as he pitched 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one hit in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Dothan got a massive performance out of Kane Shellhouse, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. The dominant performance also gave Shellhouse a new career-high in doubles (two). Another player making a difference was Emmanuel Lewis, who went 2-for-4 with one triple, two RBI, and one run.
Cottonwood pushed their record up to 17-3 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.7 runs over those games. As for Dothan, their record now sits at 17-8.
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