Long Island City extended their losing streak to four on Wednesday, dropping their season record down to 1-8 in the process. They lost 12-2 to the Bryant Owls. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Owls this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 15-1 on Monday.
As for Bryant, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-5. Considering they have won five matches by more than six runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
For Bryant's part, Edwin Abreu made a big impact no matter where he played. He struck out ten batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. Abreu is becoming a predictor of Bryant's success: when he allows at most one earned run the team is 2-1 (and 3-4 when he doesn't). Abreu was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with three RBI and one double. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, Christian Cepin was incredible, going 2-for-3 with three stolen bases, three runs, and two RBI. Bryant is 5-1 when Cepin posts two or more runs, but 0-4 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Emmanuel Pichardo, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.
Long Island City and Bryant could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps New York Rankings. The Bulldogs (ranked 602nd) will meet Academy of American Studies (ranked 54th) at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Meanwhile, Bryant will take on Aviation at 4:00 p.m. on Monday with a big rank disadvantage (338 vs. 93).
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