It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but East Liverpool ultimately got the result they hoped for on Monday. They skirted past the Beaver Beavers 3-2. That result was just more of the same for these two, as East Liverpool also won the last time the pair played back in April.
For Beaver's part, Paxton Grimes was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over 5.2 innings pitched. Grimes has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Grimes was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Grimes wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Evan Stephenson, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
East Liverpool is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 11-12 record this season. As for Beaver, they dropped their record down to 6-15 with that loss, which was their fifth straight on the road.
As of now, neither East Liverpool nor Beaver have any future games scheduled.
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