Baseball Preview: Monticello Panthers vs. Warwick Wildcats
The Monticello Panthers will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Warwick Wildcats at 4:45 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Monticello lost 19-2 to Washingtonville on Wednesday. The defeat continues a trend for Monticello in their matchups with Washingtonville: they've now lost seven in a row.
Warwick lost 8-1 to Minisink Valley on Wednesday. Warwick has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Warwick saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mike Molinelli, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Monticello's loss dropped their record down to 1-11. As for Warwick, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-7.
Monticello suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Warwick when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Warwick's Ryan Lawler, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 13 over six innings pitched. Now that Monticello knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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