Rye Neck waltzed into their game on Saturday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Briarcliff Bears a 7-0 shutout. Seven seems to be a good number for Rye Neck as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Eli Goldman was a major factor no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over seven innings pitched. Goldman has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in four consecutive pitching appearances. Goldman was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4.
Goldman wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Daniel Stone, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Rye Neck pushed their record up to 13-3 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Briarcliff, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Rye Neck will have a chance to go back-to-back against Briarcliff: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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