On Monday, Yarmouth faced York in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Yarmouth Clippers walked away with a 5-1 win over the York Wildcats. Winning may never get old, but Yarmouth sure is getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Sam Bradford was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthew Gautreau, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
On York's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ben Brown, who went 1-for-1 with a double and an RBI.
Yarmouth's victory was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1. As for York, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-2.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Yarmouth will challenge Freeport at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Yarmouth: 2, Freeport: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for York, they are on the road again on Wednesday to play Greely at 5:00 p.m. York is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.7 runs per game this season.
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