For the second straight game, Salado will face off against Lampasas. The Eagles will head out to face off against the Badgers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Salado has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight losses, while Lampasas will come in with six straight wins.
Salado is headed into the game having just suffered their closest defeat since March 7th on Tuesday. They fell just short of Lampasas by a score of 5-3. Eagles fans who chose to attend the game sure picked the wrong one: it was the first time the team's lost against the Badgers since on Tuesday.
Kannon Baird was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, he pitched 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
Baird wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Brody Cole, who went 1-for-3 with one triple.
Lampasas' victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-4-2. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.0 runs over those games. As for Salado, their loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 8-1 and their overall record down to 14-8-1.
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