Baseball Game Preview: Cleveland Warriors vs. McDaniel Mountain Lions

For the second straight game, Cleveland will face off against McDaniel. The Warriors will be playing at home against the Mountain Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Cleveland will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.

On Thursday, Cleveland earned a 4-1 victory over McDaniel.

Arlo Copony made a big impact no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out 12 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and only one walk). He is becoming a predictor of Cleveland's success: when he allows at most one earned run the team is 3-1 (and 3-7 when he doesn't). Copony was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one double. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high.

Copony wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was James Ho, who went 2-for-4 with two runs and one stolen base. Cleveland is undefeated when Ho posts two or more runs, but 3-8 otherwise. Ezra Oster was another, going 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.

Cleveland pushed their record up to 6-8 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average over those games. As for McDaniel, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-6.