Maple Heights entered their tilt with Garfield Heights with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. Everything went their way against the Garfield Heights Bulldogs on Friday as they made off with a 9-3 victory. Considering Maple Heights has won five matches by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
For Garfield Heights' part, D'COREY MARTIN was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out 11 batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and seven unearned) runs off three hits. MARTIN was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-2.
Even though they lost, Garfield Heights didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Maple Heights' win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-3. As for Garfield Heights, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-4.
Maple Heights will stay at home for another game and welcome Shaw at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Maple Heights is facing Shaw at the right time seeing as Shaw is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Garfield Heights, they will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against Bedford at 5:00 p.m. Garfield Heights will also cruise into their next matchup with the timing on their side: Bedford will have lost four straight heading into Wednesday's contest.
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