Baseball Preview: Millbrook Blazers vs. Spackenkill Spartans
Millbrook is 0-8 against Spackenkill since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Millbrook Blazers will head out on the road to challenge the Spackenkill Spartans at 4:15 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Millbrook is is headed into Monday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Wednesday. They took a 10-6 hit to the loss column at the hands of Rhinebeck.
Meanwhile, Spackenkill unfortunately witnessed the end of their 11-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of Minisink Valley by a score of 2-0. The contest marked the first time this season in which Spackenkill was not able to get on the board.
Spackenkill saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dan Collins, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Millbrook's defeat dropped their record down to 3-8. As for Spackenkill, their loss ended a ten-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 11-1.
Millbrook suffered a grim 18-4 defeat to Spackenkill in their previous matchup two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Spackenkill's Bryan Hoyt, who struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up four earned runs off three hits. Now that Millbrook knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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