The East St. Louis Flyers will head out on the road to challenge the El Paso-Gridley Titans at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. East St. Louis has given up an average of 10.8 runs per game this season, but Saturday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
The home team had won the previous four meetings between East St. Louis and Collinsville, and Collinsville kept the tradition alive. The Flyers might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 15-0 to the Kahoks, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Lexington hit El Paso-Gridley with a four-run seventh inning on Friday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Titans fell 10-5 to the Minutemen. The defeat continues a trend for the Titans in their meetings with the Minutemen: they've now lost four in a row.
El Paso-Gridley saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mason Vandegraft, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.
El Paso-Gridley's record now sits at 6-17. As for East St. Louis, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost four of their last five games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 4-10 record this season.
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