The Ironton Fighting Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Graham Local Falcons at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Ironton is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Cincinnati Christian with a sharp 11-5 win. The victory was nothing new for the Fighting Tigers as they're now sitting on four straight.
Meanwhile, Graham Local owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Miami Valley Christian Academy as they made off with a 7-0 win. That's two games straight that the Falcons have won by exactly seven runs.
The result came thanks to Hayden Vanhoose's shutout, as he gave up just two hits and racked up ten Ks.
At the plate, Owen Powell and Adam Levy did most of the damage at the plate: Powell went 2-for-4 with one triple, one run, and one double, while Levy went 1-for-2 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI. That's the most runs Levy has posted since back in May.
Graham Local was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .391. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Miami Valley Christian Academy only posted a batting average of .095.
Graham Local has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-10 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Ironton, they pushed their record up to 19-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
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