Baseball Recap: Cannon County Wins Going Away Against Grundy County

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Previous Games

03/25/25 - Home	11-2 W
03/24/25 - Away	5-2 W
04/01/24 - Home	11-10 W
04/01/24 - Home	4-3 W
04/26/22 - Away	13-7 W
+ 5 more games

Cannon County won the last time they faced Grundy County and things went their way on Tuesday too. Cannon County blew past Grundy County 11-2. The result was nothing new for the Lions, who have now won three matches by six runs or more so far this season.

Andrew Alexander made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Alexander was also stellar in the batter's box, going a perfect 3-for-3 with four RBI and one stolen base. Those RBI marked the first that he brought in this season.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jon Bryson, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-5. He also put up a double, which was his first of the season.

The win made it two in a row for Cannon County and bumps their season record up to 5-3. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to strikeouts: they averaged an imposing 7.5 strikeouts in those games compared to only 2.83 in the others. As for Grundy County, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-11.

Looking ahead, Cannon County will head out to take on White County at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. White County has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 6.9 runs per game on average), something Cannon County will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Grundy County, they will be playing at home against Forrest at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.