The Credo Gryphon will square off against the Middletown Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Credo is looking for their season's first win.
Credo is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They fell just short of The Bay School by a score of 5-4 on Thursday.
Credo saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Magnus Canterbury, who went 2-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI. Those hits marked the first that Canterbury has got this season.
Middletown came out on top against Tomales on Thursday thanks in part to the team's impressive five-run first inning. The Mustangs were the clear victors by a 10-3 margin over the Braves. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Mustangs.
Cody Perez and Cody De Jong made a big impact no matter where they played. Throwing, Perez pitched three innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Meanwhile, De Jong pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). At bat, Perez got on base in four of his five plate appearances with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run, while De Jong went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI. Perez is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's snagged at least one every time he's taken the field this season.
In other batting news, Hayden Xavier was excellent, going 3-for-5 with three stolen bases and two runs. Those three stolen bases gave him a new career-high. Tyler Galamay was another key player, going 1-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.
Middletown was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .382. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Tomales only posted a batting average of .222.
Middletown now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Credo, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
Credo suffered a grim 16-0 defeat to Middletown when the teams last played last Friday. Can the Gryphon avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
