Bowie won against Dripping Springs last Tuesday with three runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. The Bowie Bulldogs narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Austin Maroons 3-1. That's two games straight that Bowie has won by exactly two runs.
Bowie got a great performance from Ryder Melsa as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over six innings pitched. Melsa has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Cole Miller picked up the save, tossing an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit (he also didn't allow any walks).
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Ethan Lambert, who went 2-for-3 with two doubles, a stolen base, and two RBI.
On Austin's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aidan Leonard, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
The win made it two in a row for Bowie and bumps their season record up to 16-5. As for Austin, they have been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last ten games, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-11 record this season.
Bowie will have a chance to go back-to-back against Austin: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
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