Baseball Recap: Rye Neck Panthers vs. Briarcliff Bears
Rye Neck waltzed into their game on Saturday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Briarcliff Bears a 7-0 shutout. Seven seems to be a good number for Rye Neck as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Eli Goldman was a major factor no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over seven innings pitched. Goldman has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in four consecutive pitching appearances. Goldman was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4.
Goldman wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Daniel Stone, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Rye Neck pushed their record up to 13-3 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Briarcliff, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Rye Neck will have a chance to go back-to-back against Briarcliff: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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