The Gaithersburg Trojans will head out on the road to square off against the Wootton Patriots at 5:15 p.m. on Monday. Gaithersburg has given up an average of 9.2 runs per game this season, but Monday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Gaithersburg lost 18-2 to Churchill on Thursday. The Trojans haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Gaithersburg saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Vincent Burakiewicz, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Wootton, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They blew past Richard Montgomery 12-2 on Friday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Patriots considering their two-run performance the game before.
Wootton pushed their record up to 7-11 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.7 runs over those games. As for Gaithersburg, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-18.
Gaithersburg suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Wootton in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can the Trojans avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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