The Fayetteville-Manlius Hornets will head out on the road to square off against the Fairport Red Raiders at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Fayetteville-Manlius barely beat Oswego the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Hornets put the hurt on the Bucs with a sharp 14-3 win on Thursday. Surprisingly, this marked the Hornets' fourth straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.
The team relied heavily on Anna Arthur, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, three runs, and one RBI. Those stolen bases were her first of the season.
Arthur wasn't the only one making solid contact: Fayetteville-Manlius kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least ten hits in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Fairport). Their pitchers stepped up to hand Rush-Henrietta a 12-0 shutout on Thursday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Fairport pushed their record up to 5-3 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.0 runs over those games. As for Fayetteville-Manlius, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
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