Baseball Preview: Gateway Panthers vs. Celebration Storm
Gateway is 2-8 against Celebration since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Gateway Panthers will head out on the road to take on the Celebration Storm at 6:00 p.m.
On Thursday, Gateway came up short against Freedom and fell 8-3. Gateway has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Noah Golshan-Nejad was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Carlos Gonzalez, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Celebration beat Seymour 4-1 on Thursday.
Santiago Gonzalez spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on one hit and racked up nine Ks.
On the hitting side, Celebration saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sebastian Rivera, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Gateway's loss dropped their record down to 4-7. As for Celebration, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Gateway has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.8 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Celebration struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.5. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Gateway might still be hurting after the 8-1 defeat they got from Celebration in their previous meeting back in March of 2023. Can Gateway avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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