Conner Barozzino Game Report: @ Grace Christian

By Team Reports May 18, 2024, 10:35am

Big game from Barozzino as Hickory Grove Christian fell 4-1

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Grace Christian had no answer to Conner Barozzino on Friday as he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off seven hits. As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was his tenth in a row with more than five innings. This year, Barozzino has an ERA of 1.41 over 59.7 innings pitched.

Even though Barozzino couldn't lead Hickory Grove Christian over Grace Christian, he won't have to wait long to try again: the teams have a rematch scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Barozzino has dominated as far as hits are concerned (he's averaged 1.4 per game this season), but he's got his work cut out for him considering Grace Christian has only allowed 6.38 per game this season.

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