The Seward Bluejays will challenge the Gretna East Griffins at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Seward heads in on the heels of a playoff match on Wednesday. They lost 10-0 to Blair. Considering the last time the Bluejays couldn't score was back in September, the team can't take the result too hard.
Meanwhile, Gretna East faced Beatrice in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Gretna East came up short against Beatrice, falling 17-9. While the Griffins didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Orangemen 2-1 in the first period.
Gretna East got a massive performance out of Addi Shannon, who fired off two home runs while going 2-for-4. That's the most home runs Shannon has posted since back in September. The team also got some help courtesy of Emerson Husen, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and a double.
She wasn't the only one working in the home runs department: Gretna East lost a few balls and finished the game with five home runs. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now launched at least two home runs in five consecutive games.
This is the second loss in a row for Seward and nudges their season record down to 16-11. As for Gretna East, their defeat dropped their record down to 18-15.
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