Baseball Preview: Grossmont Foothillers vs. Granite Hills Eagles
The Grossmont Foothillers will head out on the road to challenge the Granite Hills Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Grossmont will be looking to extend their current eight-game winning streak.
Grossmont is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Helix on Friday as Grossmont made off with a 10-2 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Brady Mesko and Brandon Hermosillo did most of the damage at the plate: Mesko scored a run while going 2-for-3, while Hermosillo went 3-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Caidan Lindsay, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI.
Meanwhile, Granite Hills fell victim to Santana and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They fell just short of the Sultans by a score of 1-0. Granite Hills' defeat signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Luke Bailey was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk). He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Granite Hills saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brenden Lewis, who went 2-for-3 with a double. Lewis has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Grossmont is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a massive bump to their 13-10 record this season. As for Granite Hills, their loss dropped their record down to 15-5.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Grossmont hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like Granite Hills struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Grossmont skirted past Granite Hills 4-3 when the teams last played on April 4th. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Bailey, who struck out nine batters over 5.1 innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits (and only one walk). Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Grossmont still be able to contain Bailey? There's only one way to find out.
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