Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Gretna East walked away with it. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Bennington Badgers a 2-0 shutout on Friday. This was a revenge game for the Griffins: when they faced off against the Badgers back in April, they had to take a 2-1 defeat.
Not much got past Austin Copeland, who gave up just two hits to keep Bennington off the board. Copeland has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in nine consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Gretna East saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carson Herrmann, who went 2-for-3 with one double.
Gretna East is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 22-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Bennington, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 29-5 record.
As of now, neither Gretna East nor the Badgers have any future games scheduled.
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