The Taconic Thunder will face off against the Frontier Regional Red Hawks at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Taconic's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They were the clear victors by a 12-0 margin over Smith Vo-Tech. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Thunder.
Quentin Christopher
| 05/21/25 vs Smith Vo-Tech | 7 |
| 04/30/25 vs Pope Francis Prep | 4 |
| 04/24/25 vs Pittsfield | 7 |
Quentin Christopher was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out seven over four innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in April. He was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with three runs.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Ed Ferris, who went 2-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. He is becoming a predictor of Taconic's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 4-1 (and 6-7 when he doesn't). Kyle McGrath was another key player, going 1-for-3 with three RBI and one run.
Meanwhile, it may have taken ten innings to finish the job, but Frontier Regional ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They won by a run and slipped past East Longmeadow 2-1.
Carter Miller tossed a big game, pitching 8.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in eight consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Frontier Regional's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Ben Caron, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one double. Another was Porter Hall, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one double.
Frontier Regional's victory bumped their record up to 11-8. As for Taconic, their win bumped their record up to 10-8.
Taconic was able to grind out a solid victory over Frontier Regional in their previous meeting back in June of 2018, winning 6-1. Will the Thunder repeat their success, or do the Red Hawks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
