Baseball Preview: Heritage Hawks vs. Gatewood Gators
The Heritage Hawks will head out on the road to challenge the Gatewood Gators at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Heritage is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses.
Last Friday, Heritage suffered a rough 11-5 defeat at the hands of Flint River Academy.
Cole Murphy was cooking despite his team's loss, firing off two home runs and three RBI while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Gatewood was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Pinewood Christian by a score of 3-2.
Gatewood also got a good showing from Trey Wiggins, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
On the hitting side, Ames Johnson was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI, and a double.
Heritage's defeat dropped their record down to 16-11. As for Gatewood, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-6.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Heritage has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Gatewood struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.9. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Heritage skirted past Gatewood 5-4 in their previous meeting last Friday. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Gatewood's Walker Roberts, who struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits (and only one walk). Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Heritage still be able to contain Roberts? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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