The Griswold Tigers baseball team lost a 4-3 contest against the East Mills Wolverines on Thursday night in Griswold. The first score of the game came in the bottom of the second inning thanks to a Sheldon Vandenberg singled up the middle for a base hit to put the Wolverines up 1-0. The Tigers would have a response in the top of the third with a Zane Johnson single towards right field to tie it up 1-1. Griswold then went on to score two more runs in the next two innings to be up 3-1 heading into the bottom of the fifth. With two outs and two runners on and the game being led 3-2 by the Tigers, starting pitcher Ryan Sayers hit a line fly out towards center field where the ball was dropped for an error and the go ahead run came in to put the Wolverines up 4-3.

In the top of the seventh Griswold had the tying run at 3rd base with one out and Sayers would then get back-to-back strikeouts to seal the victory for East Mills. In a game riddled with 7 total errors, both pitchers had decent days on the mound. Sayers for East Mills pitched 7 innings, had 2 earned runs, 8 hits, 6 strikeouts, and 2 walks. Griswold’s stand out hitter from the night was pitcher Bode Wyman who went 2-4 with an RBI.

A loss is never easy to accept but Head Coach Ryan Lockwood was impressed by the effort his team showed on the night.

When the Tigers huddled up after the game, coach Lockwood wanted his team to keep their heads held high.

The loss drops Griswold to 5-5 and they will head to Sidney on Friday to end their losing skid. It’s a matchup that coach Lockwood is not taking lightly.

The win boosts East Mills to 5-6 on the year and they travel to Essex on Friday to compete against the Trojans.