Baseball Preview: Gates Chili Spartans vs. Fairport Red Raiders
Gates Chili is 1-9 against Fairport since May of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Gates Chili Spartans will be playing at home against the Fairport Red Raiders at 5:00 p.m.
Gates Chili's hitters might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Irondequoit on Thursday. They fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 2-0. While getting shut out isn't ideal, Gates Chili has not been shut out since back in March.
Gorman Cole spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on five hits and racked up six Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Gates Chili saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Pete Dellefave, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Fairport scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Saturday. They put the hurt on Athens with a sharp 22-2 win. The result was nothing new for Fairport, who have now won four contests by six runs or more so far this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Gates Chili and nudges their season record down to 5-9. As for Fairport, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-1.
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