The Gainesville Cardinals will challenge the West Springfield Spartans at 1:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Gainesville comes in on five and West Springfield on nine.
Gainesville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Deep Run a 7-0 shutout. The Cardinals might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight contests by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, West Springfield faced McLean in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. The Spartans narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Highlanders 6-5.
West Springfield pushed their record up to 25-3 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Gainesville, their victory bumped their record up to 21-4.
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