Baseball Recap: Highland Trojans vs. Griffith Panthers
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Highland had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They never let the Griffith Panthers onto the board and left with a 13-0 victory. That's more bragging rights for Highland, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Kyle Stacy tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 11 over 4.1 innings pitched.
At the plate, Highland got a massive performance out of Cash Washick, who went 2-for-2 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple. Caden Quigg was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with three RBI, a triple, and a stolen base.
Highland's win bumped their record up to 9-18. As for Griffith, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-15.
Highland is on the road again on Saturday to play River Forest at 1:00 p.m. River Forest is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8 runs per game this season. Griffith does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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