Grant had lost three straight at home, but on Thursday they dropped their record down to 10-3 to make it four. They fell just short of the Montague Wildcats by a score of 15-13. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (ten), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Payton Shoemaker spent all 7.1 innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and 12 unearned) runs on ten hits.
On the hitting side, Grant got a massive performance out of Reese Gragg, who went 2-for-5 with three runs, one triple, and one RBI. That triple marked the first that Gragg has hit this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Alexa Obenauf, who went 1-for-4 with one home run and two RBI.
As for Montague, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-9. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 14.0 runs over those games.
On Montague's side, Kayden Johnson was incredible, going 3-for-5 with three RBI, one run, and one double. That's the most RBI Johnson has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was Jocelyn Rodriguez-Perez, who went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI.
Coming up, Grant will face off against Chippewa Hills at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The Warriors will roll in looking for their seventh straight win, something the Tigers surely won't give up without a fight. Montague has already played their next matchup (against Big Rapids), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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