With a playoff game on the line, Syracuse rose to the challenge on Thursday. They walked away with an 8-4 victory over the Bingham Miners. The win was nothing new for Syracuse as they're now sitting on four straight.
Jaden Keblis tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just two earned runs off two hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Tag Hamblin, who fired off two home runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Tatum Martin, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
On Bingham's side, they got a good showing from Hayden Visser, who struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits.
On the hitting side, Bingham saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kam Beck, who went 1-for-3 with three RBI. Another player making a difference was Talon Van Sickle, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with a stolen base.
Syracuse has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-11-1 record this season. As for Bingham, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-12.
Syracuse will have a chance to go back-to-back against Bingham: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on Friday.
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