The Zane Trace Pioneers will head out on the road to face off against the Unioto Shermans at 5:15 p.m. on Friday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Zane Trace: 1.9, Unioto: 2.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Zane Trace can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent match on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Huntington with a sharp 7-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Zane Trace.
Meanwhile, Unioto entered their tilt with Chillicothe with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They never let the Cavaliers onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory on Thursday. Unioto's pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last three contests.
Owen Link spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned runs on three hits and racked up 12 Ks.
At the plate, Unioto saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dylan Grubbs, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Zane Trace's win bumped their record up to 16-2. As for Unioto, their victory was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 14-2.
Zane Trace came out on top in a nail-biter against Unioto when the teams last played on April 10th, sneaking past 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Grubbs, who struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits (and not a single walk). Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Zane Trace still be able to contain Grubbs? There's only one way to find out.
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