The Springfield Yellow Jackets will head out to square off against the Goodpasture Christian Cougars at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Springfield has given up an average of 6.9 runs per game this season, but Saturday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Springfield's tournament run continued when they took on East Robertson on Friday. The Yellow Jackets lost 17-2 to the Indians. The defeat continues a trend for the Yellow Jackets in their meetings with the Indians: they've now lost nine in a row.
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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.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Goodpasture Christian ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They walked away with a 10-7 win over White House. The victory was nothing new for the Cougars as they're now sitting on six straight.
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 hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.5 runs over those games. As for Springfield, their loss dropped their record down to 6-13.
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