Gardiner and Morse are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2017, but likely not for long. The Gardiner Tigers will head out on the road to take on the Morse Shipbuilders at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Neither Gardiner nor Morse posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
On Friday, Gardiner didn't have quite enough to beat Lincoln Academy and fell 3-2. Gardiner has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Teeghan Gilpatric was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Gardiner saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zach Reed, who went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases. Another player making a difference was Gavin White, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Morse didn't have quite enough to beat Medomak Valley on Friday and fell 4-2.
Gardiner now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Morse, their loss dropped their record down to 3-9.
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