The Grainger Grizzlies will square off against the Halls Red Devils at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Grainger is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season.
The home team had won the previous two meetings between Grainger and Claiborne, and Grainger kept the tradition alive. The Grizzlies came out on top against the Bulldogs by a score of 6-3 on Tuesday.
Kade Lucas and Carver Turley did most of the damage at the plate: Lucas went 1-for-3 with four stolen bases, two RBI, and one run, while Turley went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one double. That's the most hits Turley has posted over his last 12 matchups. Elliot Debord was another key player, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.
Meanwhile, Halls entered their tilt with West on Tuesday with four consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with five. They beat the Rebels by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 11-1. The result was nothing new for the Red Devils, who have now won nine contests by nine runs or more so far this season.
Halls pushed their record up to 11-9 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.2 runs on average over those games. As for Grainger, their victory bumped their record up to 13-16.
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