The Gateway Olympians will take on the Aurora Central Trojans at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Gateway will be strutting in after a victory while Aurora Central will be coming in after a defeat.
Gateway barely beat Thornton the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Olympians were the clear victors by a 13-3 margin over the Trojans on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Olympians, who have now won six contests by ten runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Aurora Central lost 12-2 to Skyview on Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that the Trojans have lost by exactly ten runs.
Gateway pushed their record up to 7-4 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 18.0 runs over those games. As for Aurora Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-6.
Everything went Gateway's way against Aurora Central when the teams last played back in March, as Gateway made off with a 15-0 win. Do the Olympians have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Trojans turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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