The Grant Generals will face off against the Sunset Apollos on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Grant comes in on 14 and Sunset on five.
Grant is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They beat Jesuit by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 8-2. The result was nothing new for the Generals, who have now won 14 matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Sunset faced McMinnville in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Apollos came out on top against the Grizzlies by a score of 5-1. That's two games straight that the Apollos have won by exactly four runs.
Grant's victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 25-7. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Sunset, their victory bumped their record up to 22-9.
Grant skirted past Sunset 3-2 when the teams last played back in May of 2017. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Generals since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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