Baseball Game Preview: Wallkill Panthers vs. Our Lady of Lourdes Warriors

The Wallkill Panthers will take on the Our Lady of Lourdes Warriors at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Neither Wallkill nor Our Lady of Lourdes posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.

Things were looking good for Wallkill after they put the first run on the board on Saturday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell 6-2 to Columbia. The match marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Conner Griffin

Earned Runs

04/23/25 vs Roosevelt	6
04/02/25 vs Highland	5
04/09/25 @ Warwick	3
04/29/25 vs Rondout Valley	2
05/03/25 vs Columbia	1

Wallkill got a good showing from Conner Griffin, who tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Griffin is becoming a predictor of the Panthers' success: when he allows at most three earned runs the team is 2-1 (and 4-5 when he doesn't).

At the plate, Wallkill saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mike Daley, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one double.

Meanwhile, Our Lady of Lourdes was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Saugerties.

Wallkill's defeat dropped their record down to 6-6. As for Our Lady of Lourdes, their loss dropped their record down to 5-7.

Wallkill might still be hurting after the 10-4 defeat they got from Our Lady of Lourdes when the teams last played back in April. Will the Panthers have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.