Baseball Preview: Sickles Gryphons vs. Newsome Wolves
The Sickles Gryphons will be playing in front of their home fans against the Newsome Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Sickles: 1.5, Newsome: 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Newsome is hoping to do on Wednesday what Wesley Chapel couldn't on Monday: put an end to Sickles' winning streak, which now stands at three games. Sickles never let Wesley Chapel onto the board and left with a 1-0 win.
Carter LeBlanc tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits over seven innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in six consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Sickles' victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Michael Bynum, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Newsome's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell just short of Steinbrenner by a score of 5-4.
Ryan Spitzer made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Sickles has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. As for Newsome, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-5.
Sickles took their win against Newsome in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 8-1. Will Sickles repeat their success, or does Newsome have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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