The Grant Pacers will be taking part in a tournament against the Woodland Wolves at 9:30 a.m. on Monday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Grant hadn't beaten Kennedy on the road since April 20, 2022 but that history sure didn't bother them on Friday. The Pacers walked away with an 8-5 victory over the Cougars. That's two games straight that the Pacers have won by exactly three runs.
Meanwhile, Woodland had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Everything went their way against the Eagles as they made off with a 17-4 win. The result was nothing new for the Wolves, who have now won seven games by six runs or more so far this season.
Aiden Lopez made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. What's more, he posted five strikeouts, the most he's had since back in March. He was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Joseph Cadotte and JoJo Quezada did most of the damage at the plate: Cadotte scored three runs while going 2-for-3, while Quezada scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in both of his plate appearances. Those three runs gave Cadotte a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Dylan Ramirez, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Woodland was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .303 or higher in six consecutive contests.
Woodland pushed their record up to 13-6 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.4 runs over those games. As for Grant, their victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-13.
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