Baseball Preview: Honeoye Falls-Lima Cougars vs. Wayland-Cohocton Eagles
Honeoye Falls-Lima is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Wayland-Cohocton is on a seven-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Honeoye Falls-Lima Cougars will take on the Wayland-Cohocton Eagles at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Honeoye Falls-Lima will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Last Monday, everything went Honeoye Falls-Lima's way against Greece Arcadia as Honeoye Falls-Lima made off with an 11-2 win. That nine run margin sets a new team best for Honeoye Falls-Lima this season.
Mitch Martini spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on two hits and racked up eight Ks. Those eight strikeouts set a new season-high mark for him.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Aidan Neenan, who scored two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Matt Meacham, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Wayland-Cohocton didn't have quite enough to beat Wellsville on Monday and fell 3-2.
Markus Brehm made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-2.
Honeoye Falls-Lima has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-9 record this season. As for Wayland-Cohocton, their loss dropped their record down to 14-5.
Honeoye Falls-Lima was able to grind out a solid victory over Wayland-Cohocton in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, winning 5-2. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Wayland-Cohocton's Michael Gammell, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Now that he won't be playing on Wednesday, will it be that much easier for Honeoye Falls-Lima to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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