For the second straight game, Live Oak will face off against Dutchtown. The Eagles will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Griffins at 1:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Live Oak 2.7, Dutchtown 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Live Oak is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Dutchtown just ended the team's 11-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Griffins by a score of 3-2.
Sawyer Pruitt was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. He has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Live Oak saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cal Cassard, who went 1-for-5 with one double and one RBI.
The victory (which was Dutchtown's third in a row) raised their record to 25-12. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.3 runs over those games. As for Live Oak, their loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 8-1 and their overall record down to 24-5.
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