The Oak Grove Eagles will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Piedmont Hills Pirates at 4:00 p.m.
After a string of four wins, Oak Grove's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They fell just short of Piedmont Hills by a score of 4-2. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Oak Grove couldn't push the score so high this time.
Oak Grove got a good showing from Connor Kraje, who pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits (he also only allowed one walk). Kraje has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Oak Grove saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Eric Rodriguez, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Eric Richard, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Oak Grove's defeat dropped their record down to 7-7. As for Piedmont Hills, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
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