The Paul Laurence Dunbar Bulldogs will square off against the Bluegrass United Bluehawks at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Paul Laurence Dunbar easily dispatched Walton-Verona on Thursday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Paul Laurence Dunbar fell just short of Frederick Douglass by a score of 4-2 on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Bulldogs have suffered since March 14th.
Paul Laurence Dunbar saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nick Griffith, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Bluegrass United came up short against Christian Educational Consortium on Thursday, falling 13-5. The Bluehawks haven't had much luck with the Cougars recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Bailey Hawkins put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out 11 batters over five innings while giving up four earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits. Hawkins was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high.
Bluegrass United's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Paul Laurence Dunbar, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
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