On Thursday, the Grace Lancers narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Thacher Toads 5-4.
Nico Kajiwara made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). Kajiwara was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Lucas Martinov was incredible, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-3. Noah Cooper was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-2.
On Thacher's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brady Vondriska, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Grace has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-10 record this season. As for Thacher, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-3.
Grace will have a chance to go back-to-back against Thacher: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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