The Aubrey Rogers Patriots will head out on the road to square off against the Gateway Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Aubrey Rogers is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses.
On Thursday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Aubrey Rogers had to settle for a 4-3 loss against Cypress Lake.
Tyler Rosenthal was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-3. Lucas Romano was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Even though they lost, Aubrey Rogers didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. This was only their 13th loss (out of 16 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Gateway was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. Their tough 13-3 loss to Mariner might stick with them for a while.
Gateway also got a good showing from Brady Miller, who struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and six unearned) runs off three hits.
At the plate, Gateway saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jacob Hardman, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Aubrey Rogers' record is now 4-18. As for Gateway, their record now sits at 5-15.
Aubrey Rogers came out on top in a nail-biter against Gateway in their previous matchup back in February, sneaking past 4-3. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Gateway's Hunter Squire, who struck out 11 batters over 6.1 innings while giving up four earned runs off eight hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Aubrey Rogers still be able to contain Squire? There's only one way to find out.
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