The DeSales Irish will head out to face off against the Dayton Bulldogs at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. DeSales is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.6 runs per game this season.
DeSales can't be too worried about heading out to take on Dayton: they just beat Asotin at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. The Irish had just enough and edged out the Panthers 6-4.
Meanwhile, Dayton came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.3 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They beat the Wildcats by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 20-5. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by eight runs or more this season.
DeSales is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.3 runs over those games. As for Dayton, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-4.
Everything went DeSales' way against Dayton in their previous meeting back in April of 2017, as DeSales made off with an 11-4 win. Will the Irish repeat their success, or do the Bulldogs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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