After two games on the road, Paul Laurence Dunbar is heading back home. They will take on the West Jessamine Colts at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
Last Saturday, Paul Laurence Dunbar came up short against George Rogers Clark and fell 5-1.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but West Jessamine ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They had just enough and edged Mercer County out 4-3. That's two games straight that West Jessamine has won by just one run.
Landon Davis tossed a big game, striking out eight batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Ryan Long was excellent, going 1-for-4 with a home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Hayden Peters, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Paul Laurence Dunbar's loss was their eighth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-18. As for West Jessamine, they are on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 17 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season.
Paul Laurence Dunbar came up short against West Jessamine in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 8-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of West Jessamine's Payton Wells, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. Now that Paul Laurence Dunbar knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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