The Granite City Warriors will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Springfield Senators at 10:00 a.m.
On Friday, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Granite City had to settle for a 9-7 loss against Waterloo. Granite City has not had much luck with Waterloo recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Braden Fowler was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Luke Robles, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Springfield sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-5 victory over Taylorville on Friday.
The team relied heavily on A.J. Ozier, who went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
Granite City's defeat dropped their record down to 4-17. As for Springfield, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-11 record this season.
Granite City came up short against Springfield in their previous meeting back in April, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Springfield's Sam Hartl, who didn't allow a single earned run over 5.1 innings pitched. Now that Granite City knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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