Baseball Preview: Gainesville Cardinals vs. Woodbridge Vikings
Gainesville is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Woodbridge is on a six-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Gainesville Cardinals will take on the Woodbridge Vikings at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Gainesville is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Osbourn an 18-0 shutout on Friday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded Gainesville with their most commanding win of the season.
Brody Cassedy looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Ian Fournier was a standout: he scored three runs and stole five bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Matthew Eidemiller, who scored two runs and stole five bases while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Woodbridge won against Brooke Point on Thursday with 13 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. Woodbridge was the clear victor by a 13-3 margin over Freedom. That's two games straight that Woodbridge has won by exactly ten runs.
Gainesville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Woodbridge, their win bumped their record up to 12-2.
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