Burnet had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it eight on Tuesday. They walked away with a 10-7 win over the Gateway College Preparatory Gators. That's two games straight that Burnet has won by exactly three runs.
Burnet got a great performance from Kade Shaw as he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits.
On the hitting side, Will Johnson was incredible, going 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Colt Stanford, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
On Gateway College Preparatory's side, Dallas Pestow made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Paul Samaripa, who went 1-for-4 with a home run.
Burnet is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-2 record this season. As for Gateway College Preparatory, their loss dropped their record down to 11-9-1.
Burnet will have a chance to go back-to-back against Gateway College Preparatory: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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