The Wellington Crusaders will take on the Augusta Orioles on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Wellington will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Mulvane, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. The Crusaders came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 7-4 on Monday.
Five must be Augusta's lucky number: they beat Rose Hill with that score not once but twice on Monday. The Orioles skirted past the Rockets 5-4. The victory continues a trend for the Orioles in their matchups with the Rockets: they've now won four in a row.
Dalton Apel and Mason Skov did most of the damage at the plate: Apel went a perfect 3-for-3 with one triple and one run, while Skov got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one run and one RBI. That triple marked the first that Apel has hit this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaxson Wheeler, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double.
Augusta was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in four consecutive games.
Wellington has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for Augusta, their victory bumped their record up to 3-11.
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