The Champion Golden Flashes will take on the Garfield G-Men at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Champion has three straight wins, Garfield has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Champion's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They were the clear victors by a 6-0 margin over Liberty. The Golden Flashes might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by six runs or more this season.
Dylan Howell
| 04/24/25 vs Crestview | 3 |
| 04/28/25 vs Liberty | 2 |
| 04/28/25 vs Liberty | 2 |
| 04/04/25 @ Memorial | 2 |
| 04/12/25 @ Harding | 1 |
| + 1 more games |
Dylan Howell was excellent, getting on base in both of his plate appearances with two stolen bases and two runs. He has become a key player for Champion: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 1-7 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Zack Morris, who earned two runs and one stolen base.
Meanwhile, Garfield didn't have quite enough to beat Crestview on Wednesday and fell 3-2. That's two games in a row now that the G-Men have lost by just one run.
Champion's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-7. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for Garfield, their loss dropped their record down to 8-7.
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