Baseball Recap: Minnewaska Area Picks Up Sixth Straight Win at Home

Lakers

Margin (Wins)

04/12/25 @ Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg	26
05/08/25 vs West Central Area	16
05/14/25 vs Benson	10
05/08/25 @ West Central Area	10
04/22/25 vs New London-Spicer	10

Minnewaska Area won the last time they faced Benson and things went their way on Wednesday too. The Lakers were the clear victors by an 11-1 margin over Benson. Considering the Lakers have won nine contests by more than five runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.

Minnewaska Area pushed their record up to 13-5 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.2 runs on average over those games. As for Benson, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-11.

Minnewaska Area will have a chance to go back-to-back against Benson: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.