Baseball Preview: Rye Neck Panthers vs. Valhalla Vikings
After two games on the road, Rye Neck is heading back home. They will take on the Valhalla Vikings at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Rye Neck's pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so Valhalla's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Rye Neck fell victim to Harrison and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They fell just short of the Huskies by a score of 1-0. The game marked that first time this season in which Rye Neck was not able to get on the board.
George Katsaros was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over six innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Rye Neck saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Evan Janowitz, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Valhalla came out on top against Croton-Harmon on Tuesday by a score of 8-4 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game).
Rye Neck's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Valhalla, the win got them back to even at 1-1.
Rye Neck beat Valhalla 7-2 in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Will Rye Neck repeat their success, or does Valhalla have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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