Temple was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They lost 23-1 to the Heard County Braves. Unfortunately, that's the third time they've come up short against the Braves this season, with their most recent loss being a 14-4 defeat on Friday.
Temple saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gage Andel, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Temple's loss dropped their record down to 3-8. As for Heard County, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 5-6.
Temple and Heard County could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Georgia Rankings. Temple will take on Model at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday down 333 places (366 vs. 33). Temple has given up an average of 10.6 runs per game this season, so hopefully the team got some pitching drills in this week. Similarly, Heard County (ranked 284th) will meet Central (ranked 24th) at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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