Baseball Preview: Gateway Charter Griffins vs. Oasis Sharks
The Gateway Charter Griffins will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Oasis Sharks at 4:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Gateway Charter fell victim to Lehigh and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lightning. It was the first time this season that Gateway Charter let down their fans at home.
Aidyn Jones spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and four unearned) runs on six hits.
Meanwhile, Oasis suffered a rough 12-2 defeat at the hands of Imagine School at North Port on Friday. Oasis has not had much luck with Imagine School at North Port recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Oasis saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sean Osborn, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Gateway Charter's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-8. As for Oasis, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-6.
Gateway Charter's speedy runners might be the difference in Monday's match. Gateway Charter has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 4.1 stolen bases per game. It's a different story for Oasis, though, as they've been averaging only 1.3. Will they be able to secure the bases, or will Gateway Charter continue to outrun the ball?
Gateway Charter couldn't quite finish off Oasis in their previous meeting back in March and fell 5-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Oasis' Gabriel Gair, who struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Now that Gateway Charter knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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