The Dunham Tigers will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Holy Savior Menard Eagles at 6:30 p.m.
Dunham is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Louisiana's top teams: Holy Savior Menard, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Dunham was ranked 25th). Dunham might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 5-2 to Holy Savior Menard, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. Dunham has struggled against Holy Savior Menard recently, as their contest on Thursday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Logan Sorrel was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out nine batters over 5.1 innings while giving up four earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings every time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Dunham saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Drew Bourgeois, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Even though they lost, Dunham didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with nine strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Holy Savior Menard didn't tossed any.
Dunham's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 23-14. As for Holy Savior Menard, the victory was the 17th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 24-8.
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