The Sickles Gryphons will square off against the Mitchell Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sickles has four straight wins, Mitchell has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
The scorekeeper got an easy start on Thursday as neither Sickles nor Bloomingdale made it on the board until the fifth inning. The Gryphons came out on top against the Bulls by a score of 6-1. Surprisingly, this marked the sixth straight game in which the away team has come away the victor in this series.
Ayden Rivera
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Ayden Rivera got the start for Sickles and what a start it was: he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave Rivera a new career-high in strikeouts (three). Ryan Carvajal picked up the save, tossing three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Zack Dial, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run and one double. Jake Taylor was another key player, going 1-for-3 with two runs and one double.
Meanwhile, Mitchell suffered their closest loss since February 24th on Wednesday. They fell just short of Hernando by a score of 3-1.
Andrew LaMacchia was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive appearances.
Mitchell's defeat dropped their record down to 10-13. As for Sickles, their victory bumped their record up to 16-8.
Sickles came out on top in a nail-biter against Mitchell when the teams last played back in May of 2022, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Gryphons since the team 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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