Baseball Game Preview: Centralia on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 1, 2024, 6:43am

Baseball Preview: Centralia Orphans vs. Mt. Vernon Rams

Centralia is 2-8 against Mt. Vernon since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Centralia Orphans will be playing at home against the Mt. Vernon Rams at 4:30 p.m.

On Tuesday, Centralia didn't have quite enough to beat Mt. Vernon and fell 3-2.

Lane Griffin spent all 8.1 innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and two unearned) runs on seven hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.

On the hitting side, Centralia saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Endres, who went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Cruz Harlan, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.

Centralia's loss dropped their record down to 12-10. As for Mt. Vernon, they pushed their record up to 10-14 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.

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