Grant County is 0-10 against Walton-Verona since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Sunday. The Grant County Braves are on the road again to play the Walton-Verona Bearcats at 5:30 p.m.
Last Thursday, Grant County came up short against Harrison County and fell 7-3.
Grant County saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was James Cull, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Walton-Verona stacked a 14th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. They never let Carroll County onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Walton-Verona.
Aidan Kerns was a standout: he scored a run while going 3-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Sawyer Webster, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Grant County's loss dropped their record down to 14-13. As for Walton-Verona, their win was their 14th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-9.
Grant County might still be hurting after the 14-2 defeat they got from Walton-Verona when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Walton-Verona's Will Hurls, who struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits (and not a single walk). Now that Grant County 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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