Baseball Preview: Granite City Warriors vs. Jacksonville Crimsons
The Granite City Warriors will be playing in front of their home fans against the Jacksonville Crimsons at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Granite City has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with nine, while Jacksonville will come in with three straight wins.
Granite City fell victim to Triad and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They took a 3-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Knights.
Granite City saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Connor Hibbets, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Meanwhile, Jacksonville stacked a fifth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Athens an 8-0 shutout. With that victory, Jacksonville brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
The team relied heavily on Anderson Decker, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Brandon Sims was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.
Granite City's defeat dropped their record down to 3-9. As for Jacksonville, their win bumped their record up to 7-2.
Granite City came up short against Jacksonville when the teams last played back in April of 2023, falling 4-1. Thankfully for Granite City, Quin Saxer (who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over 5.1 innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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