The Live Oak Eagles will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Central Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
It may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but Live Oak ultimately got the result they hoped for on Wednesday. They skirted past Dunham 8-7. The win made it back-to-back victories for Live Oak.
Cooper Smith was incredible, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Mac Beadle, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases and two RBI.
Dunham typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Central proved too difficult a challenge. They won by a run and slipped past the Tigers 8-7.
Live Oak has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for Central, their victory bumped their record up to 10-5.
Everything went Live Oak's way against Central in their previous meeting back in April of 2022 as Live Oak made off with an 8-2 win. Does Live Oak have another victory up their sleeve, or will Central turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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