The La Porte Bulldogs will face off against the Dawson Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. La Porte will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
The scorekeeper got an easy start on Tuesday as neither La Porte nor Iowa Colony made it on the board until the fifth inning. The Bulldogs came out on top against the Pioneers by a score of 4-1. That's two games straight that the Bulldogs have won by exactly three runs.
Meanwhile, Dawson narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Manvel 3-2. The victory continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Mavericks: they've now won four in a row.
Bennett Schnee tossed a big game, pitching 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Maddox Botas, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Brandon Gutierrez was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Dawson pushed their record up to 16-8 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for La Porte, their win bumped their record up to 17-10.
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