Baseball Game Preview: Kingston on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 1, 2024, 9:29am

Baseball Preview: Kingston Tigers vs. Monroe-Woodbury Crusaders

Kingston and Monroe-Woodbury are an even 5-5 against one another since May of 2019, but likely not for long. The Kingston Tigers will be playing at home against the Monroe-Woodbury Crusaders at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Kingston didn't have quite enough to beat Newburgh Free Academy and fell 3-1. That's two games in a row now that Kingston has lost by exactly two runs.

Meanwhile, Monroe-Woodbury had to endure a four-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-4 victory over Kingston on Monday.

Michael Llanos was incredible, going 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI.

Kingston has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-6 record this season. As for Monroe-Woodbury, they now have a winning record of 7-6.

Kingston couldn't quite finish off Monroe-Woodbury when the teams last played on Monday and fell 6-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Monroe-Woodbury's Kyle McDermott, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over six innings pitched. Now that Kingston knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.

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