Osbourn Park is 1-6 against Gainesville since March of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Yellowjackets will challenge the Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Monday.
Gainesville will square off against a team with plenty of momentum: Osbourn Park extended their winning streak to three on Friday. Everything went the Yellowjackets' way against Osbourn as they made off with a 12-2 win. That's two games straight that the Yellowjackets have won by exactly ten runs.
Tyler Mills made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits (and not a single walk). Mills was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Osbourn Park let Tyler Merryman and Chase Allen run wild. Merryman scored a run while going 2-for-4, while Allen scored two runs while going 2-for-2. Allen also put up a double, which was his first of the season. Another player making a difference was Lucas Duncan, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
Osbourn Park always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .613. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .500 or higher in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Gainesville faced off against Unity Reed on Friday. The Cardinals' pitchers stepped up to hand the Lions a 19-0 shutout. The victory continues a trend for the Cardinals in their matchups with the Lions: they've now won six in a row.
Gainesville pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 15.7 runs over those games. As for Osbourn Park, their record is now 4-2.
Osbourn Park came up short against Gainesville when the teams last played back in May of 2024, falling 4-0. Can the Yellowjackets avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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