The Bakersfield Drillers will head out on the road to take on the Highland Scots at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Bakersfield will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Last Thursday, Bakersfield was able to grind out a solid win over Independence, taking the game 8-5.
Wyatt Caid spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned (and two unearned) runs on seven hits.
On the hitting side, Luke Meszaros was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Charley Gless, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Highland suffered a rough 13-2 loss at the hands of Centennial on Thursday. Highland has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Highland saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Berumen, who went 1-for-1 with a double and an RBI.
Bakersfield's victory bumped their record up to 3-18-1. As for Highland, they now have a losing record at 10-11.
Bakersfield couldn't quite finish off Highland in their previous meeting back in March and fell 8-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Highland's Izaiah Ott, who didn't allow a single earned run over 4.2 innings pitched. Now that Bakersfield knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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