The Iberia Rangers are on the road again on Thursday to play the Dixon Bulldogs at 4:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Iberia gave up the first runs on Tuesday, but they didn't let that get them down. They walked away with an 11-6 win over Rolla. That's two games straight that the Rangers have won by exactly five runs.
Jaylyn Piggott made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Piggott was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, and a double.
In other batting news, Katelynn Pryor and Chloe Edwards did most of the damage at the plate: Pryor scored three runs while going 3-for-3, while Edwards scored two runs while going 3-for-5. The dominant performance also gave Pryor a new career-high in hits. Kya Yoakum was another key player, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Iberia was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .444. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .361 or higher in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Dixon had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.2 runs) and they went ahead and made it six on Monday. They put the hurt on the Tigers with a sharp 17-3 victory. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten contests by ten runs or more this season.
Iberia pushed their record up to 20-5 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Dixon, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season.
Everything went Iberia's way against Dixon in their previous matchup back in September, as Iberia made off with a 15-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Iberia since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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