Baseball Recap: Gretna East triumphant thanks to a strong effort from Austin Copeland

By Team Reports May 15, 2024, 8:32pm

Baseball Recap: Gretna East Griffins vs. Blair Bears

With a playoff game on the line, Gretna East rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They never let the Blair Bears onto the board and left with a 5-0 win. Winning may never get old, but Gretna East sure is getting used to it with their sixth in a row.

Austin Copeland tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over 5.1 innings pitched.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Carson Herrmann, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

On Blair's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was J?Shawn Unger, who went 2-for-2 with a stolen base and a double.

Gretna East has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season. As for Blair, their loss dropped their record down to 13-13.

As of now, neither Gretna East nor Blair have any future games scheduled.

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