Walker fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against South Paulding on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 7-6 to the South Paulding Spartans, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The Wolverines were not able to make up for their defeat to the Spartans from their previous meeting back in February of 2017.
Jonathan Griggs was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing Two bases. while going 3-for-3. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in March of 2024. Zachary Munafo also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
This is the second loss in a row for Walker and nudges their season record down to 3-6. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only one runs. As for South Paulding, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-2.
Looking ahead, Walker will welcome Mount Pisgah Christian at 5:55 p.m. on Wednesday. As for South Paulding, they will venture away from home to take on Sonoraville at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Sonoraville has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 8.44 runs per game on average), something South Paulding will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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