The Douglass Bulldogs will head out on the road to face off against the Hesston Swathers at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Douglass will be strutting in after a win while Hesston will be coming in after a defeat.
Douglass proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by 13) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Bluestem and snuck past 4-2. Despite the victory, that was the fewest runs Douglass has scored all year.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but Hesston had to settle for a 5-4 loss against Larned on Friday.
Gunnar Lewis was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off six hits. Lewis was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4.
Lewis wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Keagan Shelite, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with an RBI.
The win was the third in a row for Douglass, bringing their record for this year to 4-1. As for Hesston, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-2.
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