Baseball Game Preview: Grafton on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 4:49am

Baseball Preview: Grafton Gators vs. Southbridge Pioneers

Grafton is 8-0 against Southbridge since May of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Grafton Gators will be playing at home against the Southbridge Pioneers at 3:30 p.m. Grafton will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.

On Monday, Grafton sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 win over Bartlett. That's two games straight that Grafton has won by just one run.

Ty Cass and Anthony Parlante did most of the damage at the plate: Cass scored a run and stole two bases while going 3-for-4, while Parlante went 2-for-4 with three RBI, a triple, and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Jake Mayerhauser, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2.

Meanwhile, Southbridge fell victim to Millbury and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. They lost 8-0 to the Woolies. Southbridge has not had much luck with Millbury recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.

Grafton pushed their record up to 10-4 with that victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Southbridge, their loss dropped their record down to 5-7.

Everything went Grafton's way against Southbridge in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 as Grafton made off with a 14-0 win. Will Grafton repeat their success, or does Southbridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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