The Oasis Sharks will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Gateway Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Oasis is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against East Lee County. Oasis was the clear victors by a 16-1 margin over East Lee County on Tuesday. The Sharks haven't had any issues with the Jaguars recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.
Meesha Neujahr made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing one inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Neujahr was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of her three plate appearances.
In other batting news, Oasis got a massive performance out of Kaitlyn McGee, who scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances. Emma Neujahr was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Gateway got the win against Island Coast on Tuesday by a conclusive 20-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
Mallory Tiedeman was incredible, scoring four runs while going 4-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Jasmine Mangano, who scored three runs while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Gateway was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .667. The last time their batting average was this high was since the start of last season.
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