Briarcliff suffered their closest defeat since March 27, 2024 on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Tuckahoe Tigers by a score of 6-4. The Bears were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Tigers apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in April of 2016.
Xander D'Onofrio was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-4 with one home run and two runs. Those runs marked the first that he has scored this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Christian Macri, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
This is the second loss in a row for Briarcliff and nudges their season record down to 2-2. As for Tuckahoe, they pushed their record up to 8-4 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
While Briarcliff had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
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