The Goodpasture Christian Cougars will be taking part in a tournament against the Springfield Yellow Jackets at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Goodpasture Christian is coming into the contest hot, having won their last six games.
On Friday, Goodpasture Christian needed a bit of extra time to put away White House. They walked away with a 10-7 victory over the Blue Devils.
Meanwhile, Springfield came up short against East Robertson on Friday, falling 17-2. The Yellow Jackets have struggled against the Indians recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive lost meeting.
Springfield saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hunter Goodfred, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one home run and two RBI. Goodfred is becoming a predictor of the Yellow Jackets' success: when he posts at least one home run the team is 2-1 (and 4-12 when he doesn't). Connor Reeves also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Goodpasture Christian's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-8. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Springfield, their loss dropped their record down to 6-13.
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