Baseball Game Preview: Buffalo Will Face Williamstown

By Team Reports May 28, 2024, 2:11am

Baseball Preview: Buffalo Bison vs. Williamstown Yellowjackets

Buffalo is 0-5 against Williamstown since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Buffalo Bison are on the road again to play the Williamstown Yellowjackets at 5:00 p.m. The last three games Buffalo has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.

Buffalo can't be too worried about heading out to take on Williamstown: they just beat Winfield at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Buffalo skirted past Winfield 6-5. That's two games straight that Buffalo has won by just one run.

Luca Signorini was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Signorini was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

In other batting news, Carson Saunders was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.

Meanwhile, Williamstown faced Wheeling Central Catholic in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Williamstown came out on top in a nail-biter against Wheeling Central Catholic and snuck past 6-5. The win made it back-to-back victories for Williamstown.

Buffalo pushed their record up to 23-12-1 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Williamstown, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 29-4 record this season.

Buffalo suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Williamstown when the teams last played back in April of 2019. Can Buffalo avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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