The Drummond Bulldogs will take on the Pioneer-Pleasant Vale Mustangs at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Drummond 2.7, Pioneer-Pleasant Vale 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Drummond blew Chisholm out of the water the last time the pair played, but on Friday Chisholm got their revenge. The Bulldogs fell just short of the Longhorns by a score of 4-2. Having soared to a lofty 11 runs in the game before, the Bulldogs couldn't push the score so high this time.
Drummond saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Edwards, who went 1-for-3 with one run.
Meanwhile, Pioneer-Pleasant Vale waltzed into their match on Monday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They never let the Tigers get on the board and left with a 16-0 victory. Considering the Mustangs have won 19 games by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 26-3. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.0 runs over those games. As for Drummond, their loss ended a nine-game streak of away wins and brought them to 23-4.
Drummond was able to grind out a solid win over Pioneer-Pleasant Vale in their previous meeting back in March, winning 6-1. Will the Bulldogs repeat their success, or do the Mustangs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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