The Junction City Dragons will head out to challenge the Gurdon Devils at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Junction City has six straight victories, Gurdon has 14 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Junction City's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Parkers Chapel as they made off with a 10-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Dragons, who have now won eight contests by ten runs or more so far this season.
Not much got past Jaxon Temple, who gave up just six hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Parkers Chapel off the board. Temple has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in seven consecutive appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Graden Hanry, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI and one run. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in March. Joe Thompson was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one run and one double.
Meanwhile, Gurdon scored the most runs they've had this season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They lost 17-9 to Fordyce.
Gurdon's defeat dropped their record down to 0-11. As for Junction City, their victory bumped their record up to 14-9-1.
Junction City got the 'W' in their previous matchup back in May of 2025 against Gurdon by a conclusive 6-0 score. Will the Dragons repeat their success, or do the Devils have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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