Collegiate and Dalton are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2015, but likely not for long. The Collegiate Dutchmen will head out on the road to take on the Dalton Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Collegiate is coming into the matchup on a six-game losing streak.
Collegiate's hitters might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Trinity on Friday. They lost 6-0 to the Tigers.
Meanwhile, Dalton entered their match against Riverdale Country on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Dalton fell 5-2 to Riverdale Country. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Dalton has scored all season.
Dalton got a good showing from Will Smyth, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, Dalton saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jose Tolosa, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Collegiate's defeat dropped their record down to 2-9. As for Dalton, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-3.
Collegiate might still be hurting after the 10-0 loss they got from Dalton when the teams last played on April 8th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dalton's Jackson Herzog, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out nine over seven innings pitched. Now that Collegiate knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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