The Wadsworth Grizzlies will head out on the road to challenge the Highland Hornets at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Wadsworth has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight defeats, while Highland will come in with ten straight victories.
Last Friday, Wadsworth came up short against Westlake and fell 7-2.
Highland let Padua Franciscan stack five runs on them in the fifth inning on Thursday but luckily Highland prevailed anyway. The Hornets came out on top against the Bruins by a score of 9-5. Nine seems to be a good number for the Hornets as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Cooper Richnafsky tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run any time he's pitched this season.
At the plate, Casey Myser was excellent, going 2-for-4 with two runs, one double, and one RBI. That double marked the first that he has hit this season. Another player making a difference was Grady Gibb, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one RBI.
Highland kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in five consecutive contests.
Highland's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-0. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.0 runs over those games. As for Wadsworth, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3.
Wadsworth was able to grind out a solid victory over Highland when the teams last played back in April of 2024, winning 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Grizzlies since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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