Baseball Recap: Middletown snaps three-game streak of wins at home

If Middletown was riding high off their 11-0 takedown of Liberty last Saturday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Middletown Middie Bears fell just short of the Newburgh Free Academy Goldbacks by a score of 5-4 on Monday. Middletown was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Newburgh Free Academy apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in May of 2023.

Middletown saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jarod Melendez, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.

Middletown's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-5. As for Newburgh Free Academy, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.

While Middletown had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

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