The Cleveland Warriors will head out on the road to face off against the Grant Generals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cleveland is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.6 runs per game this season.
Cleveland will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Franklin, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Cleveland walked away with an 11-8 victory over Franklin on Thursday. 11 seems to be a good number for Cleveland as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Jillian Lee made a splash while hitting and pitching. She struck out six batters over five innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits. Lee has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. Lee was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of her five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Cleveland got a massive performance out of Kailen Steffek, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Annabel Sahler was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 4-for-5.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought game, but Grant had to settle for an 8-7 loss against Ida B. Wells on Thursday. Grant has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The victory made it two in a row for Cleveland and bumps their season record up to 9-12. As for Grant, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-15.
Cleveland couldn't quite finish off Grant in their previous matchup two weeks ago and fell 7-5. Can Cleveland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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