The Chittenango Bears will face off against the East Syracuse-Minoa Spartans at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Chittenango has nine straight wins, East Syracuse-Minoa has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Thursday, Chittenango got the win against Westhill by a conclusive 9-1. Considering the Bears have won seven games by more than six runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Lauren Machan made a splash while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out eight over seven innings pitched. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than one earned run in six consecutive appearances. She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.
Machan wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Danica Oppenheimer, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.
Meanwhile, East Syracuse-Minoa fell victim to Jamesville-DeWitt and their airtight pitching crew last Thursday. They came up short against the Red Rams, falling 7-0. The match marked the first time this year in which the Spartans were not able to get on the board.
Chittenango's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-1. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.4 runs on average over those games. As for East Syracuse-Minoa, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.
Everything went Chittenango's way against East Syracuse-Minoa when the teams last played back in April of 2024, as Chittenango made off with an 18-2 victory. Will the Bears repeat their success, or do the Spartans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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