McKinley is 0-10 against City Honors since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The McKinley Macks will head out on the road to face off against the City Honors Centaurs at 4:30 p.m.
McKinley is is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game dating back to last season on Monday. They lost 18-4 to Hutchinson-Central Tech.
Meanwhile, City Honors stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Olmsted as City Honors made off with a 15-1 win. The victory was familiar territory for City Honors who now have four in a row.
Julius Petti and Pavel Schneiderman were a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Petti struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Meanwhile, Schneiderman tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs off one hit. At the plate, Petti scored a run while going 2-for-4, while Schneiderman scored three runs while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Will Lichtman, who went 4-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles. Another player making a difference was Eamon Langdon, who went 3-for-5 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI.
McKinley's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for City Honors, they pushed their record up to 10-1 with that win, which was their sixth straight on the road.
McKinley suffered a grim 17-0 defeat to City Honors when the teams last played two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of City Honors' Dean Tripp, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Now that McKinley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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