For the second straight game, Sparta will face off against Greenville. The Spartans will be playing at home against the Yellow Jackets at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sparta has five straight wins, Greenville has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Sparta's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They put the hurt on Greenville with a sharp 9-0 victory. Considering the Spartans have won five contests by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
For Greenville's part, they got a good showing from Landyn Bannister, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. What's more, Bannister gave up only two walks, the fewest he's had over his last three matches.
At the plate, Greenville saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sullivan (Sulli) Witt, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base. Witt has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Sparta pushed their record up to 8-5 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Greenville, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-9.
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