The Grafton Bearcats will head out to challenge the Fairmont Senior Polar Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Grafton is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season.
On Monday, Grafton sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 win over Weir. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bearcats.
Mason Sheme looked comfortable as he pitched 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
At the plate, Grafton saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carter Gillespie, who went 1-for-2 with one run and one double.
Meanwhile, Fairmont Senior came tearing into Monday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.3 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They were the clear victors by a 10-2 margin over the Tigers. The result was nothing new for the Polar Bears, who have now won ten contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Fairmont Senior got a massive performance out of Brock Martin, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI, one triple, and one stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Bigelow Trevor, who went 1-for-3 with one home run and two runs.
Fairmont Senior kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Elkins only managed one hit.
Grafton pushed their record up to 18-15 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.8 runs over those games. As for Fairmont Senior, their record is now 20-4.
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