Wortham is 1-9 against Dawson since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Wortham Bulldogs will look to defend their home field against the Dawson Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. Dawson took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Wortham, who comes in off a win.
While Wortham has not struggled against Abbott recently, they managed to flip the script last Friday. Wortham came out on top in a nail-biter against Abbott and snuck past 3-2. The win was just what Wortham needed coming off of a 12-3 loss in their prior contest.
Megan Cryer made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out seven batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and not a single walk). Cryer was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Dallas Crundwell, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Dawson's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 11-1 walloping at the hands of Italy. Dawson was red-hot at the plate headed into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the four matches prior) but Italy's pitchers proved too tough.
Dawson saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Callie Marberry, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Wortham's victory ended an eight-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-9. As for Dawson, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-8-1.
Wortham suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Dawson in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dawson's Jady Miller, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over seven innings pitched. Now that Wortham knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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