The West Bolivar Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Simmons Blue Devils at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
West Bolivar barely beat South Delta the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Eagles put the hurt on the Bulldogs with a sharp 18-11 win on Wednesday. Considering the Eagles have won four matchups by more than six runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Simmons had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They never let the Choctaws get on the board and left with a 17-0 victory. The contest marked the Blue Devils' most dominant win of the season.
Simmons pushed their record up to 4-4 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for West Bolivar, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-2.
West Bolivar skirted past Simmons 20-18 in their previous meeting back in March. Do the Eagles have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Blue Devils turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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