The Olentangy Braves will venture away from home to challenge the Lancaster Golden Gales at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Olentangy proved they can win big on Monday (they won by 15) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against New Albany, sneaking past 12-10.
Meanwhile, Lancaster had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Thursday. They never let the Comets get on the board and left with a 6-0 victory. The Golden Gales' pitching crew has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a run in their last three contests.
Lancaster pushed their record up to 19-2 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Olentangy, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season.
Olentangy suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Lancaster in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Can the Braves avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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