Granite City easily dispatched Cahokia on Wednesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Warriors fell just short of the Alton Redbirds by a score of 3-1 on Thursday. Having soared to a lofty 15 runs in the game before, the Warriors couldn't push the score so high this time.
Granite City saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Milyn Roehr, who went 2-for-3 with one double.
Granite City has also been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 8-15 record this season. As for Alton, with the victory, they broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 6-18.
Granite City and Alton could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings. The Warriors will square off against Triad at 4:15 p.m. on Monday with a big rank disadvantage (398 vs. 68). Meanwhile, Alton (ranked 475th) will meet Freeburg (ranked 181st) at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
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