The Pawnee Black Bears will head out on the road to square off against the Tonkawa Buccaneers at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Pawnee is looking for their season's first win.
Pawnee is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They came up short against Stroud last Thursday, falling 17-5. That's two games in a row now that the Black Bears have lost by exactly 12 runs.
Luke Mitchell was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with one home run and two RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in April of 2024.
Meanwhile, Tonkawa never let their opponents score on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 10-0 margin over Depew. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Buccaneers.
Kade Ditmore looked comfortable as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one hit in three consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Tonkawa got a big performance out of Cayden Duvall, who went 2-for-3 with one triple, one stolen base, and two RBI. That triple was Duvall's first of the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Westyn Freeman, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Tonkawa was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .409. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Depew only posted a batting average of .077.
Pawnee's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Tonkawa, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Pawnee suffered a grim 19-9 defeat to Tonkawa when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Can Pawnee avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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