The Mount Airy Granite Bears will square off against the Thomasville Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Mount Airy is coming into the match hot, having won their last 23 games.
Mount Airy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Highland Tech an 8-0 shutout. Mount Airy might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 14 contests by six runs or more this season.
The team relied heavily on Camdyn Easter, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Thomasville has not done well against Leadership Academy recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Everything went Thomasville's way against Leadership Academy as Thomasville made off with a 9-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Thomasville.
Matthew Bankhead made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out six batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits. Bankhead was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI.
In other batting news, Luis Bejarano Sosa and Bryan Serrano Rodriguez did most of the damage at the plate: Bejarano Sosa scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3, while Serrano Rodriguez scored a run and stole a base while going 4-for-4. Mkyel Duncan was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-4.
Mount Airy's win bumped their record up to 23-1. As for Thomasville, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-11 record this season.
Thomasville's pitching crew better be locked in on Tuesday. Mount Airy hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. It's a different story for Thomasville, though, as they've been averaging only 0. Will they be able to keep Mount Airy in the park? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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