The Daniel Boone Trailblazers will head out to take on the Maryville Red Rebels at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Daniel Boone's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Maryville's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Friday, Daniel Boone earned a 5-1 victory over South-Doyle. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Trailblazers.
Warren Stallard tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit while striking out six over six innings pitched.
At the plate, Daniel Boone saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ben Stevens, who went 1-for-3 with one home run and two RBI. That's the most RBI Stevens has posted since back in March. Another was Jackson McCurry, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Daniel Boone was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as South-Doyle only posted a batting average of .091.
Meanwhile, Maryville had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Everything went their way against the Trojans as they made off with a 9-2 win. The result was nothing new for the Red Rebels, who have now won seven matches by seven runs or more so far this season.
Trey Carico was a standout: he scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Luke Owens also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Maryville pushed their record up to 12-10 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.7 runs over those games. As for Daniel Boone, their record is now 16-4-1.
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