Baseball Game Preview: Mount Airy Granite Bears vs. East Wilkes Cardinals

Mount Airy is 8-1 against East Wilkes since March of 2017 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. The Granite Bears will square off against the Cardinals at 4:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Mount Airy's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They were the clear victors by an 11-0 margin over Alleghany. That 11 run margin sets a new team best for the Granite Bears this season.

Bryson Grey

Runs Batted In (Career)

04/28/25 vs Alleghany	4
04/17/25 vs Elkin	3
03/21/25 vs South Stokes	1
03/18/25 @ South Stokes	1
03/14/25 @ East Wilkes	1

Bryson Grey made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over five innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive appearances. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and one double. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high.

Grey wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Landon Gallimore, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Gallimore has become a key player for Mount Airy: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 6-12 otherwise. Another was Cash Hemric, who got on base in two of his three plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base.

Mount Airy always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .519. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Alleghany only posted an OBP of .125.

Meanwhile, East Wilkes had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They put the hurt on the Buckin' Elks with a sharp 9-1 victory.

Elijah Johnson tossed a big game, striking out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.

Mount Airy is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-12 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for East Wilkes, their record now sits at 14-6.