The Granite Hills Cougars will be taking part in a tournament against the Polytechnic Panthers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Neither Granite Hills nor Polytechnic posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Granite Hills made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Sultana, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Cougars fell just short of the Sultans by a score of 4-2 on Thursday. The Cougars have struggled against the Sultans recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
Granite Hills saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Caden Wharton, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one double.
Meanwhile, Polytechnic fell victim to Jordan and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They fell just short of Jordan by a score of 1-0.
Polytechnic's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4-1. As for Granite Hills, they now have a losing record of 3-4.
Polytechnic's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Saturday. Granite Hills has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.4 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Polytechnic, though, as they've been averaging only 3.3 strikeouts. Will Granite Hills keep running through batters, or will the Panthers buck the trend? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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