Baseball Recap: Warwick Drops Highest Score of Season Against Monticello

Wildcats

Team Score (Highest)

05/13/25 vs Monticello	17
04/23/25 @ Monticello	13
04/30/25 vs Valley Central	11
05/02/25 vs Washingtonville	9
05/07/25 @ Minisink Valley	6

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Warwick). Everything went their way against the Monticello Panthers on Tuesday as they made off with a 17-1 win. The victory continues a trend for the Wildcats in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now won five in a row.

Michael Hennessy was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four). He was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with two runs and two RBI.

In other batting news, Luca Siebert and Michael Molinelli did most of the damage at the plate: Siebert went 2-for-3 with one home run, two runs, and one double, while Molinelli went 2-for-3 with one home run and four RBI. Molinelli is becoming a predictor of Warwick's success: when he posts at least one home run the team is 2-1 (and 5-8 when he doesn't). Dallas Kaminski was another key player, going 2-for-3 with two runs, one double, and one RBI.

Warwick kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 5.5 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 contests they've averaged 10.6.

Warwick's record is now 7-9. As for Monticello, they are on an 11-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-11.

Warwick has already played their next game (against Cornwall Central), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Monticello, they will head out to square off against Goshen Central at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. The Panthers' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Gladiators have averaged an impressive 7.5 runs per game this season.