Baseball Recap: Cairo-Durham Mustangs vs. Maple Hill Wildcats
After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Taconic Hills, Cairo-Durham was happy to have turned things around on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Maple Hill Wildcats and snuck past 8-6. For Cairo-Durham, this counts as revenge for the 5-2 loss Maple Hill walked away with the last time they faced one another back in April.
Cole Partridge made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Partridge was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jake Young, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Zach Russell was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
The victory got Cairo-Durham back to even at 7-7. As for Maple Hill, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-8.
As of now, neither Cairo-Durham nor Maple Hill have any future games scheduled.
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