The Gainesville Red Elephants will head out to take on the Loganville Red Devils at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Gainesville is coming into the match hot, having won their last six games.
Last Wednesday, Gainesville sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Chattahoochee. That's two games straight that the Red Elephants have won by just one run.
Daniel Rico tossed a big game, striking out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits.
Asher Stephens
| 04/02/25 vs Chattahoochee | 2 |
| 03/28/25 @ Seckinger | 2 |
| 03/21/25 vs Lanier | 2 |
| 03/19/25 @ Lanier | 2 |
| 03/17/25 vs Lanier | 2 |
| + 9 more games |
At the plate, Asher Stephens was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3. Gainesville is 5-1 when Stephens posts two or more runs, but 7-11 otherwise. Andrew Rice was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two doubles and one RBI.
Grayson typically has all the answers at home, but on Thursday Loganville proved too difficult a challenge. They put the hurt on the Rams with a sharp 7-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Red Devils, who have now won nine games by seven runs or more so far this season.
Loganville's victory was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 20-5. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Gainesville, the victory got them back to even at 12-12.
Gainesville couldn't quite get it done against Loganville when the teams last played back in March of 2016 as they fell 4-1. Can the Red Elephants avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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