The Seminary Bulldogs will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the West Jones Mustangs at 12:00 p.m. Seminary is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
Seminary's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Crystal Springs as Seminary made off with an 18-0 win. Considering the Bulldogs have won nine matchups by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Caleb Bryant made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out nine batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk). Furthermore, he didn't allow a single earned run, the first time he has blanked an opponent since back in February. He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2. That's the most runs he has posted since back in March of 2024.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Gage Lott, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2. Those two hits gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Tucker Hux, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Seminary was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, West Jones and Northeast Jones faced off in a cross-town battle on Friday. West Jones narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Northeast Jones 7-5.
Seminary's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for West Jones, they now have a winning record of 7-6.
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