Baseball Recap: Grayson Sanders can't quite lead Mansfield Senior over Ashland

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 6:09pm

Baseball Recap: Mansfield Senior Tygers vs. Ashland Arrows

Mansfield Senior was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 8-2 to the Ashland Arrows. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Mansfield Senior of the 10-0 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in May of 2023.

Mansfield Senior saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Grayson Sanders, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.

On Ashland's side, Alex Grissinger and Ethan Bunce did most of the damage at the plate: Grissinger scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Bunce scored a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Holt, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.

Mansfield Senior's defeat dropped their record down to 4-15. As for Ashland, they have been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season.

While Mansfield Senior had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

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