Baseball Game Preview: Waterloo Tigers vs. Sodus Spartans

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Previous 6 Games

04/07/23 - Away	6-8 L
04/23/22 - Home	1-4 L
05/15/21 - Away	5-1 W
05/16/18 - Home	10-5 W
04/13/18 - Away	1-5 L
04/01/15 - Neutral	22-3 W

Waterloo and Sodus are an even 3-3 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Tigers will head out to take on the Spartans at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Waterloo will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.

Waterloo barely beat Geneva the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Tigers blew past the Panthers 10-2 on Thursday. The Tigers' hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.

Meanwhile, Sodus strolled into their game on Monday with a perfect record and they left with the same. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Marion a 12-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Spartans, who have now won seven matches by six runs or more so far this season.

Sodus got a massive performance out of Austin Cincinello, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, two stolen bases, and four RBI. Cincinello is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last six games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Evan Laird, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with three stolen bases, three runs, and one triple.

Sodus pushed their record up to 11-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Waterloo, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 4-6 record this season.

Waterloo couldn't quite finish off Sodus in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 and fell 8-6. Can the Tigers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.