The Grove City Greyhounds will square off against the Olentangy Liberty Patriots at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last four times Grove City and Central Crossing have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Monday. The Greyhounds fell just short of the Comets by a score of 2-1.
Meanwhile, Olentangy Liberty had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7 runs) and they went ahead and made it six on Monday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 win over the Pioneers. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Patriots have posted against the Pioneers since April 25, 2022.
Olentangy Liberty's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-4. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Grove City, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-8.
Everything went Grove City's way against Olentangy Liberty in their previous meeting back in April of 2017, as Grove City made off with a 9-1 win. Will the Greyhounds repeat their success, or do the Patriots have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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