Baseball Recap: Forest City Foresters vs. Western Wayne Wildcats
Forest City is still looking for their season's first win. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 12-2 to the Western Wayne Wildcats, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Forest City of the 12-2 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture on Friday.
For Western Wayne's part, Ethan Lamberton and Jamie Chapman did most of the damage at the plate: Lamberton went 2-for-2 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs, while Chapman went 4-for-4 with five RBI, a stolen base, and a run. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Grodack, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Forest City's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Western Wayne, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 7-11.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Forest City will take on Mountain View at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Mountain View is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season. As for Western Wayne, their homestand will continue as they prepare to take on Honesdale at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Honesdale's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so Western Wayne's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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