The Cheektowaga Chargers will head out on the road to square off against the Lackawanna Steelers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Cheektowaga is no doubt hoping to put an end to an 11-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Cheektowaga is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Lackawanna 24-1. With that win, Cheektowaga brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Ricardo Garcia made a splash no matter where he played. He struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and not a single walk). Garcia was also big at the plate, scoring four runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, Jacob Malkowski was a standout: he went 4-for-5 with three runs, four RBI, and a stolen base. Jerromy Gonzalez was another key contributor, going 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple.
Cheektowaga's victory bumped their record up to 4-8. As for Lackawanna, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-5.
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