Battle Creek let LaVergne stack seven runs on them in the third inning on Monday but luckily Battle Creek prevailed anyway. The Grizzlies skirted past the Wolverines 13-12. With that win, the Grizzlies brought their scoring average up to 6.1 runs per game.

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Jack Whitworth looked comfortable as he tossed 3.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).
At the plate, Battle Creek let JR Mathis and Beau Wilson run wild. Mathis went 2-for-5 with one home run, three RBI, and one double, while Wilson went 1-for-2 with three stolen bases, two runs, and one double. Wilson is becoming a predictor of Battle Creek's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 4-1 (and 9-13 when he doesn't). Nolan Horvath was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.
Battle Creek has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-14 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.3 runs over those games. As for LaVergne, their loss was their seventh straight at home, which dropped their record down to 10-16.
Battle Creek didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, an 11-5 win against Mt. Pleasant on the 29th. As for LaVergne, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next matchup, a 14-4 defeat against Cookeville on the 2nd.
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