The Johns Creek Gladiators will venture away from home to square off against the Seckinger Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Johns Creek has struggled recently with five losses in a row, while Seckinger will arrive with 12 straight victories.
Johns Creek will head into Tuesday's match ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played on Saturday but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Tuesday was a bit more commanding. They came up short against Milton, falling 16-6.
Meanwhile, while Seckinger put up plenty of runs on Thursday, the same can't be said for Gainesville. Seckinger put the hurt on Gainesville with a sharp 16-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Jaguars, who have now won eight contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Emma Grayson looked comfortable as she didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched.
At the plate, Seckinger got a massive performance out of Madison Sifuentes, who went 3-for-3 with three runs, two doubles, and a triple. The dominant performance gave her a new career- in hits. The team also got some help courtesy of Milan Torres, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 4-for-4.
Johns Creek's loss dropped their record down to 5-13. As for Seckinger, they pushed their record up to 13-1 with that victory, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Johns Creek might still be hurting after the 8-2 defeat they got from Seckinger in their previous meeting back in August. Can Johns Creek avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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