After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Northwest Guilford, Grimsley was happy to have turned things around on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Western Guilford Hornets a 16-0 shutout. The Whirlies haven't had any issues with the Hornets recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive win against them.
Grimsley's victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 2-3. As for Western Guilford, their loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-5.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Grimsley will square off against Asheboro at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Asheboro is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 22.8 runs per game this season. As for Western Guilford, they will face off against Page at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Western Guilford also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 9.7 runs per game.
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