Baseball Preview: Tivy Antlers vs. Boerne-Champion Chargers
Tivy and Boerne-Champion are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Tivy Antlers will face off against the Boerne-Champion Chargers on Saturday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Tivy: 4, Boerne-Champion: 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Tivy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Southwest a 3-0 shutout. The victory was familiar territory for Tivy who now have four in a row.
The result came thanks to Aiden Cline's shutout, as he gave up just four hits and racked up nine Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Tivy's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Conner Bloomer, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Boerne-Champion can now show off 19 landslide victories after their most recent match on Saturday. They blew past MacArthur 15-5. Boerne-Champion's victory was all the more impressive since MacArthur was averaging only 3.73 runs allowed on the season.
AJ Grizzaffi looked comfortable as he tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit.
On the hitting side, Boerne-Champion got a massive performance out of Garland Whitehead, who scored two runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Cameron Logan, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Tivy's win bumped their record up to 14-18. As for Boerne-Champion, their victory was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 30-7.
Tivy was able to grind out a solid win over Boerne-Champion when the teams last played back in April, winning 7-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for Tivy since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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