The Honeoye Falls-Lima Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Spencerport Rangers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Honeoye Falls-Lima will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Honeoye Falls-Lima is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 16-15 win over Mendon on Wednesday. With that victory, Honeoye Falls-Lima brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Honeoye Falls-Lima let Andrew Wanzenried and Harrison Houle loose on the outfield. Wanzenried scored two runs while going 3-for-4, while Houle went 2-for-5 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Jack Farabell, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Spencerport fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Greece Athena on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 6-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Trojans. Spencerport has not had much luck with Greece Athena recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Spencerport saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Frank Grad IV, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Honeoye Falls-Lima's win bumped their record up to 5-8. As for Spencerport, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-6.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Honeoye Falls-Lima has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.4 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Spencerport struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.1. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Honeoye Falls-Lima beat Spencerport 6-1 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Does Honeoye Falls-Lima have another victory up their sleeve, or will Spencerport turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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