Baseball Preview: Allegany-Limestone Gators vs. Otto-Eldred Terrors
The Allegany-Limestone Gators will stay at home for another game and welcome the Otto-Eldred Terrors at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Last Thursday, everything went Allegany-Limestone's way against Randolph as Allegany-Limestone made off with an 11-1 victory. The win was just what Allegany-Limestone needed coming off of an 18-8 loss in their prior matchup.
Otto-Eldred was handed a two-point defeat in their last match, but they sure didn't let that happen against Northern Potter on Friday. Otto-Eldred blew past Northern Potter 13-3.
Andrew Schenfield made a splash no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over four innings pitched. Schenfield was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with three RBI.
In other batting news, Otto-Eldred got a massive performance out of Manning Splain, who scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Hunter App was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-3.
Allegany-Limestone now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Otto-Eldred, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
Allegany-Limestone came up short against Otto-Eldred when the teams last played back in April of 2023, falling 4-1. Thankfully for Allegany-Limestone, Max Splain (who struck out 15 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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