For the second straight game, Junction City will face off against Marist. The Tigers will venture away from home to square off against the Spartans at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Junction City is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season.
Junction City's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Tuesday's struggle, when Marist hitters got past them. The Tigers took an 11-6 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Spartans on Tuesday. The Tigers' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Junction City saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dane Gibson, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
The victory was the fourth in a row for Marist, bringing their record up to 8-2. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.8 runs over those games. As for Junction City, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 8-3.
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