The Girard Yellowjackets are on the road again on Monday to play the North East Grape Pickers at 4:00 p.m. Girard will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Girard is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Iroquois with a sharp 16-1 win on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Carson Stevens was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. James Kibbe was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, North East was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They fell just short of Sharpsville by a score of 10-8.
Girard's win bumped their record up to 5-9. As for North East, their loss dropped their record down to 3-10.
Girard came up short against North East in their previous matchup back in April, falling 8-4. Can Girard avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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