Baseball Game Preview: Granite Hills Hits the Road

By Team Reports May 3, 2024, 6:41am

Baseball Preview: Granite Hills Eagles vs. Helix Highlanders

Granite Hills is 8-2 against Helix since April of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Granite Hills Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Helix Highlanders at 4:00 p.m. Granite Hills' pitching crew has only allowed 1.9 runs per game this season, so Helix's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Granite Hills is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Steele Canyon 23-5. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Granite Hills.

Meanwhile, Helix was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell 7-4 to Santana.

Walker Laub made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 3-for-4.

Granite Hills has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. As for Helix, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-13.

Granite Hills was able to grind out a solid victory over Helix when the teams last played back in April, winning 6-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for Granite Hills since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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