Baseball Preview: Fairport Red Raiders vs. Penfield Patriots
The Fairport Red Raiders will head out on the road to face off against the Penfield Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Fairport has three straight victories, Penfield has 12 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Fairport can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent contest on Friday. They put the hurt on Gates Chili with a sharp 11-3 win.
Meanwhile, Penfield didn't have quite enough to beat Webster Thomas on Friday and fell 2-1. That's two games in a row now that Penfield has lost by just one run.
Jace Crawford was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched six innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, Penfield saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Patrick Emling, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Fairport's victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-1. As for Penfield, their loss dropped their record down to 1-12.
Fairport skirted past Penfield 3-1 in their previous matchup back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fairport since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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