Sandy Spring Friends is 3-0 against McLean since May of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Sandy Spring Friends Wildebeests will be playing in front of their home fans against McLean at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sandy Spring Friends has three straight victories, McLean has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Sandy Spring Friends will head into Monday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by 20) but on Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Smith Jewish Day School out 7-5.
Noah Gross and Jack Fones made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Gross tossed 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. Meanwhile, Fones pitched 3.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits. At bat, Gross scored a run while going 2-for-3, while Fones scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Sandy Spring Friends let Jacob Edelman and Sam Deichman-Caswell loose on the outfield. Edelman went 1-for-4 with three RBI, a triple, and a run, while Deichman-Caswell scored three runs while going 2-for-3. Deichman-Caswell is trending in the right direction, as he's improved his point production for three straight games.
Meanwhile, McLean couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 12-4 walloping at the hands of Burke on Monday.
The win got Sandy Spring Friends back to even at 3-3. As for McLean, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-1.
Sandy Spring Friends took their victory against McLean in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 12-1. Will Sandy Spring Friends repeat their success, or does McLean have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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