Baseball Preview: Gateway Panthers vs. Cypress Creek Bears
The Gateway Panthers will head out on the road to take on the Cypress Creek Bears at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
While Gateway has not struggled against Liberty recently, they managed to flip the script on Tuesday. Gateway came out on top in a nail-biter against Liberty and snuck past 2-1. The victory was just what Gateway needed coming off of an 11-1 defeat in their prior game.
Jack Mauck spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on three hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Gateway saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kendel Weisberg, who went 3-for-3 with a double.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Cypress Creek ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They beat South Lake by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for Cypress Creek.
Miguel Figueroa tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jesus Barreto, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Gateway's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-8. As for Cypress Creek, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 6-8 record this season.
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