The Springfield Senators will take on the Granite City Warriors at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Springfield easily dispatched Rochester on Wednesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Senators fell just short of Mt. Zion by a score of 3-1 on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Senators have suffered since April 26th.
Caiden Bietsch
| 05/16/25 vs Mt. Zion | 2 |
| 05/10/25 vs Sacred Heart-Griffin | 1 |
| 04/30/25 vs Athens | 2 |
Caiden Bietsch was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched 6.2 innings while giving up three earned runs off six hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive appearances.
Meanwhile, Granite City was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Waterloo.
Granite City saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Evan Brewer, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one double.
Springfield has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 9-18 record this season. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only 1.33 runs. As for Granite City, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-19.
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