Briarcliff and Rye Neck are an even 4-4-1 against one another since May of 2015, but likely not for long. The Briarcliff Bears will head out on the road to take on the Rye Neck Panthers at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Briarcliff is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Westlake 13-5. The win made it back-to-back victories for Briarcliff.
Meanwhile, Rye Neck came tearing into Wednesday's matchup with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.6 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Panthers by a score of 7-4.
Davey Ryan was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. Ryan was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
In other batting news, Rye Neck got a big performance out of Eli Goldman, who scored two runs and stole four bases while going 1-for-3. Julian Frabasile was another key contributor, going 3-for-5 with three RBI and a double.
The victory got Briarcliff back to even at 2-2. As for Rye Neck, they pushed their record up to 12-3 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
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