The Gateway Eagles will square off against the Oasis Sharks at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Gateway's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while Oasis has been banged up by six consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.
Gateway's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on East Lee County with a sharp 8-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won seven contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Not much got past Sean Collins, who gave up just a hit and racked up 14 Ks to keep East Lee County off the board.
At the plate, Jadon Torres was a standout: he scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Devyn Vitiello, who scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Oasis didn't have quite enough to beat First Baptist Academy on Thursday and fell 3-1.
Gateway has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.5 runs on average over those games. Oasis' defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Everything went Gateway's way against Oasis in their previous matchup two weeks ago, as Gateway made off with a 20-4 victory. Does Gateway have another victory up their sleeve, or will Oasis turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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