Baseball Preview: Westhill Warriors vs. Cortland Purple Tigers
Westhill has been on the road for three straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Cortland Purple Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Westhill: 2, Cortland: 0.8) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Westhill will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up two runs on Tuesday, then bounced right back against Solvay on Wednesday. Everything went Westhill's way against Solvay as Westhill made off with a 13-2 win. That 11 run margin sets a new team best for Westhill this season.
Meanwhile, Cortland unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak. They fell just short of Westhill by a score of 2-0. The contest marked the first time this year in which Cortland was not able to get on the board.
Zach Muir was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits.
Westhill pushed their record up to 3-1 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Cortland, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 5-1.
Westhill skirted past Cortland 2-0 in their previous meeting on Tuesday. Does Westhill have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cortland turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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