Baseball Game Preview: Smithtown East Heads Out

By Team Reports May 3, 2024, 3:25am

Baseball Preview: Smithtown East Bulls vs. Copiague Eagles

Smithtown East is 9-1 against Copiague since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Smithtown East Bulls will head out on the road to square off against the Copiague Eagles at 5:30 p.m. Smithtown East's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Copiague's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Last Saturday, Smithtown East came up short against North Babylon and fell 10-5. Smithtown East has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Meanwhile, Copiague was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 10-1 to Northport.

Smithtown East's loss dropped their record down to 6-6. As for Copiague, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.

Smithtown East was able to grind out a solid win over Copiague when the teams last played back in March of 2022, winning 7-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for Smithtown East since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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