The Gatewood Gators will be playing at home against the Brentwood War Eagles at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Gatewood will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
Gatewood can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent contest on Thursday. Everything went their way against Westminster Christian Academy as Gatewood made off with a 13-2 win. 13 seems to be a good number for Gatewood as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
John Wallace Thompson looked comfortable as he pitched four innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.
On the hitting side, Gatewood got a massive performance out of Caleb Riser, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Trey Wiggins, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Brentwood fell victim to a rough 12-1 loss at the hands of Stratford Academy on Monday. Brentwood has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Brentwood saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bryce Williford, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Gatewood's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-2. They've been dominating during the matchups in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 10 runs. As for Brentwood, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7.
Brentwood's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Gatewood hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .315. It's a different story for Brentwood, though, as they've only averaged .258. Will they be able to contain Gatewood's hitters? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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