With a playoff game on the line, Granite Bay rose to the challenge on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Jesuit Marauders and snuck past 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Granite Bay.
Granite Bay got a great performance from Jack Ghufran as he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk). Ghufran has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Jace Bystrowski was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
On Jesuit's side, they got a good showing from Cade Colombara, who struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and only one walk).
At the plate, Jesuit saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Max Wiesner, who went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a double.
Even though they lost, Jesuit didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 14 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Granite Bay only tossed eight.
Granite Bay is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season. As for Jesuit, their defeat dropped their record down to 18-11-1.
Granite Bay will square off against Woodcreek at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Granite Bay: 3.8, Woodcreek: 3.5) so any runs scored will be well earned. Jesuit does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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