Baseball Preview: Wayland-Cohocton Eagles vs. Hornell Red Raiders
Wayland-Cohocton and Hornell are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Wayland-Cohocton Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Hornell Red Raiders at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Wayland-Cohocton is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.1 runs per game this season.
Hornell is hoping to do on Wednesday what Avoca-Prattsburgh couldn't on Monday: put an end to Wayland-Cohocton's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Wayland-Cohocton put the hurt on Avoca-Prattsburgh with a sharp 10-0 win.
Markus Brehm was a standout: he scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last seven times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Charlie Caskey, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Hornell lost 15-3 to Wellsville on Monday. Hornell has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Wayland-Cohocton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for Hornell, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Wayland-Cohocton came out on top in a nail-biter against Hornell in their previous matchup back in April, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wayland-Cohocton 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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