The Athens Christian Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Gatewood Gators at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Athens Christian will be strutting in after a win while Gatewood will be coming in after a loss.
Athens Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Clarke Central 12-3 on Thursday. The victory continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Gladiators: they've now won seven in a row.
Meanwhile, Gatewood didn't have quite enough to beat Piedmont Academy on Tuesday and fell 3-2. The contest marked the Gators' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Lawson Moore was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out 17 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Moore was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one double. That stolen base marked the first that he has snagged this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Gatewood and nudges their season record down to 3-2. Even worse, they were so close both times: the defeats came by an average of only one runs. As for Athens Christian, they picked up their first road win, bumping their record up to 2-3.
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