Salt City sweeps the weekly New York Collegiate Baseball League honors.
Mike Mascari (SUNY Oswego) helped the Syracuse Salt Cats stay in the playoff hunt while Ethan Striz (Ave Maria) kept the Syracuse Jr. Chiefs in their first-place perch in the NYCBL’s Eastern Division.
Mascari hit 8-of-14 as the Salt Cats split four games during the week to hitter of the week. Mascari’s grand slam paced the Salt Cats to a 13-9 victory over the Geneva Red Wings. The Syracuse native had five RBI in the win as he went three-of-four with a walk and a run scored. Mascari finished the week three multi-hit games including a three-of-five outing against the first-place Jr. Chiefs. His two-single in the eighth scored two, and the Salt Cats went on to a 6-5 triumph.
Striz came within one out of a no-hitter and was name pitcher of the week. The right-hander faced 31 batters and eight and two-thirds of a no-hitter before surrendering a single to the Salt Cats Dan Fiorito (Manhattanville). Striz struck out seven and walked two as the Jr. Chiefs pounded their cross-town rivals 19-0.
Striz is 5-0 on the season with a 3.13 ERA. He has struck out 20 and walked 11 in 37.1 innings of work. Opposing batters are hitting just .238 against the Lakeland, FL native. He has a WHIP of 1.24.
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