Bulldogs
| 05/02/25 vs Taft | 15 |
| 05/02/25 vs Taft | 13 |
| 04/25/25 @ Banquete | 12 |
| 05/08/25 @ Lyford | 11 |
| 05/22/25 vs Hebbronville | 10 |
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Orange Grove walked away with it. They put the hurt on the Thrall Tigers with a sharp 7-1 win on Thursday. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 12 matchups by six runs or more this season.
Zach Wright made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out 11 over 6.2 innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in April. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one RBI.
In other batting news, Caleb Barr was excellent, going 1-for-3 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and one run. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Cooper Burroughs, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI.
Orange Grove is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games. That's provided a massive bump to their 23-11-1 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Thrall, the loss snapped their winning streak at 13 games and leaves them with a 38-7-1 record.
Orange Grove will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Tigers: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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