Gridley is 7-2 against Lassen since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Gridley Bulldogs will be staying on the road to face off against the Lassen Grizzlies. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Gridley is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They never let Orland onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory.
Gridley saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Garrett Francis, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Lassen has not done well against Gridley recently (they were 1-7 in their previous eight matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Lassen came out on top in a nail-biter against Gridley and snuck past 5-3. Winning may never get old, but Lassen sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Deshon Moore was excellent, scoring a run while going 1-for-4. Another player making a difference was Alex Wyckoff, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI and a double.
Gridley's win bumped their record up to 16-8. As for Lassen, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 23-6-1 record this season.
Gridley couldn't quite finish off Lassen in their previous matchup on Tuesday and fell 5-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lassen's Tony Carvalho, who pitched five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. Now that Gridley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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