The Johns Creek Gladiators will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Habersham Central Raiders at 12:40 p.m. Johns Creek is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.1 runs per game this season.
Johns Creek came up short against Blessed Trinity on Wednesday, falling 10-2. The Gladiators haven't had much luck with the Titans recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Johns Creek saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sarai Brown, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Johns Creek hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most five strikeouts in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Habersham Central). They blew past West Hall 16-8 on Wednesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Johns Creek's defeat dropped their record down to 5-11. As for Habersham Central, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-10.
Everything went Johns Creek's way against Habersham Central in their previous meeting back in September of 2015 as Johns Creek made off with an 11-5 victory. Does Johns Creek have another victory up their sleeve, or will Habersham Central turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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