The Minerva Lions will head out on the road to square off against the Beaver Local Beavers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
Minerva is headed into the matchup having just suffered their closest defeat since March 28th on Wednesday. They fell just short of Marlington by a score of 4-2.
Minerva saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cole Sivy, who went 1-for-2 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Beaver Local came tearing into Tuesday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Golden Eagles as they made off with a 19-2 win. The contest marked the Beavers' most dominant victory of the season.
Paxton Grimes made a big impact no matter where he played. He tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI. Beaver Local is undefeated when Grimes posts two or more runs, but 4-6 otherwise.
In other batting news, Braxton Hickman was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with four RBI, two doubles, and one run. Those four RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Peyton Martin, who went 2-for-4 with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.
Beaver Local was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .433. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in four consecutive matchups.
Minerva's loss dropped their record down to 7-6. As for Beaver Local, their record is now 10-6.
Minerva couldn't quite finish off Beaver Local in their previous meeting back in March and fell 11-9. Can the Lions avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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