Baseball Preview: Minisink Valley Warriors vs. Washingtonville Wizards
The Minisink Valley Warriors will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Washingtonville Wizards at 4:00 p.m. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Minisink Valley is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Thursday, just like they did against Warwick (and have done all season long). Minisink Valley was the clear victor by an 8-1 margin over Warwick on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Washingtonville scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Monticello with a sharp 19-2 victory. Winning may never get old, but Washingtonville sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Ben O'Keefe tossed a big game, striking out 11 batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.
At the plate, Washingtonville let Charlie Garguilo and Andrew Dempsey loose on the outfield. Garguilo got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run, four RBI, and two runs, while Dempsey went 1-for-3 with three runs, four RBI, and a stolen base. Dempsey has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Sean Davis was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
The win got Minisink Valley back to even at 6-6. As for Washingtonville, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-6.
Minisink Valley couldn't quite finish off Washingtonville in their previous matchup on Monday and fell 7-5. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Washingtonville's Nathan Scaglione, who tossed seven innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Now that Minisink Valley 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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