The Seymour Owls will challenge the Shelbyville Golden Bears at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Seymour sitting on three straight wins and Shelbyville on eight.
Seymour is returning to their home field after beating Southwestern on theirs, despite the fact Southwestern has dominated at home this season. The Owls blew past the Rebels 16-2 on Thursday. The Owls might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by ten runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Shelbyville beat Greenfield-Central 5-2 on Thursday.
Dalton Jones spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on five hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Grantland Fitzgerald was incredible, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with three stolen bases, two runs, and one double. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in April.
Shelbyville pushed their record up to 16-7 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Seymour, their victory bumped their record up to 17-6.
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