Baseball Recap: Albany Comes Up Short

By Team Reports Mar 4, 2025, 8:18pm

Baseball Recap: Albany Cougars vs. Piedmont Highlanders

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Albany lost against Piedmont back in March of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Albany Cougars fell just short of the Piedmont Highlanders by a score of 3-2.

Albany got a good showing from Jude Hatamiya, who didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched.

Preston McGowen

Hits (Career)

03/04/25 vs Piedmont3
03/01/25 @ Sonoma Valley1
04/08/24 vs Terra Linda1
04/03/24 @ Pinole Valley1
03/22/24 vs Las Lomas1

On the hitting side, Albany saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Preston McGowen, who went 3-for-4 with one double. The dominant performance gave McGowen a new career-high in hits.

Albany now has a losing record of 1-2. As for Piedmont, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 3-0.

Coming up, Albany will host Mt. Eden at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Piedmont, they will head out to square off against Head-Royce at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.

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