The Granite Bay Grizzlies will be playing at home against the Oak Ridge Trojans at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Granite Bay: 3.7, Oak Ridge: 1.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Last Tuesday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Granite Bay had to settle for a 4-3 defeat against Whitney. Granite Bay has not had much luck with Whitney recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Granite Bay saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sami McKown, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Oak Ridge entered their tilt with Rocklin with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They never let the Thunder onto the board and left with a 2-0 win on Tuesday.
The result came thanks to Ellison Schroeder's shutout, as she gave up just three hits and racked up eight Ks. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jess Szelenyi, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Granite Bay's loss dropped their record down to 7-12. As for Oak Ridge, they pushed their record up to 15-3 with that victory, which was their seventh straight on the road.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Granite Bay has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.4 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Oak Ridge struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.1. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Granite Bay suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Oak Ridge in their previous matchup on April 9th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Schroeder, who didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Now that Granite Bay knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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