Auburndale is 1-9 against Marathon since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Auburndale Apaches will head out on the road to square off against the Marathon Red Raiders at 4:45 p.m. Auburndale's pitching crew has only allowed three runs per game this season, so Marathon's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Tuesday, Auburndale didn't have quite enough to beat Marathon and fell 2-1.
Aden Cherney was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, he tossed seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits. Cherney was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-2.
Cherney wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Kaden Anderson, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Auburndale's loss dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Marathon, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 11-2.
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