The Iowa Colony Pioneers will challenge the Dobie Longhorns at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Iowa Colony is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
Iowa Colony proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by ten) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 win over Milby.
Meanwhile, Dobie earned a 6-1 victory over North Shore on Friday.
The team relied heavily on Johan De La Paz, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. He is becoming a predictor of Dobie's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 1-4 when he doesn't). Miguel Mercedes also deserves some recognition as he stole his first stolen base of the season.
Iowa Colony's record now sits at 5-2. As for Dobie, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
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