The Sacred Heart-Griffin Cyclones will challenge the Jacksonville Crimsons at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
On Monday, Sacred Heart-Griffin didn't have quite enough to beat Pleasant Plains and fell 2-1. The defeat continues a trend for the Cyclones in their meetings with the Cardinals: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Jacksonville narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Jersey 2-1.
Anderson Decker made a splash while hitting and pitching. He pitched 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Jacksonville is 4-2 when Decker allows one or fewer hits, but 9-10 otherwise. Decker was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. He has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played.
In other pitching news, Ryan Luconic tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in April.
Decker wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Brandon Sims, who went 2-for-4 with one double and one RBI.
Jacksonville hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. The team has now struck out at least five batters in four consecutive contests.
Sacred Heart-Griffin's loss dropped their record down to 17-6. As for Jacksonville, they now have a winning record of 13-12.
Everything went Sacred Heart-Griffin's way against Jacksonville when the teams last played back in May of 2024, as Sacred Heart-Griffin made off with a 10-3 victory. Do the Cyclones have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Crimsons turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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