Bulldogs lose to Pottsboro,

The Howe Bulldogs lost 7-3 in seven innings at home on Tuesday, despite outhitting Pottsboro nine to eight

Griffin Underwood went a perfect 2-2 at the plate for Howe as he singled in the fourth and sixth innings

Stratton Carroll had an impressive outing against Pottsboro 's lineup

The Cardinals managed just two hits off of the Bulldogs pitcher, who allowed no earned runs, walked two and struck out seven during his four innings of work

David Crees had a rough night, taking a loss He allowed six runs in three innings, walked four and struck out one

One run in the bottom of the second helped Howe close their deficit to 4-1 An RBI single by Carroll set off the Howe rally

Finally, Sims induced an inningending fly out from Zach Blevins

One run in the bottom of the third helped the Bulldogs close their deficit to 6-2 A groundout by Matt Griffin gave the 'Dogs life

However, Pottsboro stopped the rally after Sims got Triston Matthews to fly out

After pushing across one run in the bottom of the fifth, Howe faced just a 7-3 deficit An RBI single by Carroll sparked the Bulldogs rally.

Sims ended the inning by getting Brennan Ross out

On Friday, Howe lost a heartbreaker, 4-3 in seven innings on Friday at Callisburg after the Wildcats walked-off in the bottom of the sevent

Underwood was the game's losing pitcher He went 6 2/3 innings, walked one, struck out five, and allowed four runs

The Bulldogs jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first A single by Underwood, scoring Zach Blevins started the inning off

Callisburg answered the Howe top inning with one run of its own in the fifth Callisburg scored on an error