The East Bay Indians will head out on the road to challenge the Sickles Gryphons at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Last Thursday, East Bay came up short against Spoto and fell 6-3. The Indians have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
East Bay got a good showing from Ryder Patterson, who tossed 2.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. The dominant performance also gave Patterson a new career-low in walks (zero).
On the hitting side, East Bay saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Rory Beauford, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Sickles had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 4-3 W against the Panthers. The game was the first time the Gryphons have beaten the Panthers on their field since April 11, 2019.
The team relied heavily on Charlie Martz, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaden Nazar, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Sickles hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Plant struck out seven times.
Sickles' win was their ninth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-5. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for East Bay, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-10.
East Bay suffered a grim 13-0 defeat to Sickles in their previous meeting back in March of 2022. Can East Bay avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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