The Grove City Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Sharon Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Grove City comes in on four and Sharon on three.
If Grove City beats Sharon with five runs on Wednesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Grove City sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 victory over Oil City on Monday. That's two games straight that Grove City has won by just one run.
The team relied heavily on Paul Gubba, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with a home run and three RBI.
Meanwhile, Sharon put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Monday. Everything went their way against Titusville as Sharon made off with a 12-5 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Sharon considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Mark Cattron made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Cattron was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a double.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Will Beckert, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, three stolen bases, and five RBI. Another player making a difference was Santino Piccirilli, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 2-for-4.
Grove City is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. As for Sharon, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-3.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Wednesday. Grove City hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.4 home runs per game. However, it's not like Sharon struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.9. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Grove City might still be hurting after the 15-8 loss they got from Sharon when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Piccirilli, who fired off two home runs, three runs, and three RBI while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Now that Grove City knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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