Baseball Recap: Central Crossing's win ends four-game losing streak at home

By Team Reports May 6, 2024, 5:02pm

Baseball Recap: Central Crossing Comets vs. Groveport-Madison Cruisers

Central Crossing can finally bid farewell to their eight-game losing streak thanks to their game on Monday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Groveport-Madison Cruisers 6-5. For Central Crossing, this counts as revenge for the 10-7 defeat Groveport-Madison walked away with the last time they faced one another back in April.

Brody Estep was a major factor no matter where he played. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Estep was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

In other batting news, Elisha Jackson was incredible, scoring three runs while going 3-for-4. Troy Collins was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances.

Central Crossing's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-19. As for Groveport-Madison, they dropped their record down to 1-18 with that loss, which was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season.

Central Crossing will square off against Lincoln at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Central Crossing will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last. As for Groveport-Madison, they will be playing at home against Eastmoor Academy at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Eastmoor Academy's favor is that they have posted big run totals in their last 13 contests.

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