Baseball Preview: Islip Buccaneers vs. Mount Sinai Mustangs
The Islip Buccaneers will be playing at home against the Mount Sinai Mustangs at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Islip has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with four straight losses, while Mount Sinai will come in with seven straight victories.
On Monday, Islip didn't have quite enough to beat Mount Sinai and fell 3-2.
For Mount Sinai's part, Mark Fazio spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on one hit.
At the plate, Mount Sinai's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Ralph Passantino, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Jackson Paplin, who scored a run while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Islip's defeat dropped their record down to 7-11. As for Mount Sinai, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 9-11 record this season.
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