The Oakland Tech Bulldogs will head out on the road to square off against the Menlo School Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Oakland Tech comes in on 12 and Menlo School on eight.
Oakland Tech is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They won by a run and slipped past Lowell 5-4.
David Granger tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits.
On the hitting side, Oakland Tech's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Gyasi Rapier, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double. Another player making a difference was Kalen Thomas, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, while Menlo School put up some runs on Tuesday, the same can't be said for Redding Christian. Menlo School blew past Redding Christian 8-0.
Ryan Schnell looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over four innings pitched.
At the plate, Luke Rogers was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Freehill, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Oakland Tech's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-6. As for Menlo School, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-9 record this season.
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