Alliance has gone 5-0 against Bayard recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Alliance Bulldogs' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Bayard Tigers at 4:00 p.m.
Alliance came up short against Gering on Tuesday, falling 16-3. Alliance has struggled against Gering recently, as their game on Tuesday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Bayard had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They never let the Longhorns onto the board and left with a 12-0 win. Considering the Tigers have won nine matches by more than nine runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Jenna Flores was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. She is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now stolen at least one in the last three games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Shayleigh West, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Bayard always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .692. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're OBP total in three consecutive games.
Alliance's defeat dropped their record down to 7-19. As for Bayard, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 11-10-1 record this season.
Everything went Alliance's way against Bayard in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as Alliance made off with a 13-2 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Alliance since the squad 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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