The Dodge County Indians will venture away from home to challenge the Appling County Pirates at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Dodge County's favor is that they have posted at least ten runs in their last three games.
Dodge County's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Jefferson County 15-0. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 matchups by nine runs or more this season.
Brycen Pruett
| 04/02/26 vs Jefferson County | 3 |
| 03/26/26 vs Montgomery County | 2 |
| 03/12/26 @ East Laurens | 2 |
| 03/31/26 @ Jefferson County | 1 |
| 03/30/26 vs Wheeler County | 1 |
Brycen Pruett and Gabe Yeomans did most of the damage at the plate: Pruett went 1-for-2 with three stolen bases, three runs, and one RBI, while Yeomans went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases, three runs, and one triple. Those three stolen bases gave Pruett a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Holden Thomas, who got on base in two of his three plate appearances with two stolen bases and two runs.
Dodge County always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .560. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .516 or higher in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Appling County unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of Ware County by a score of 7-5.
Dodge County is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 12-9 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Appling County, their loss dropped their record down to 10-10.
Dodge County couldn't quite get it done against Appling County in their previous matchup back in April of 2016 as they fell 6-2. Can the Indians avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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