Baseball Recap: Wallkill Sets Scoring Season-High Against Valley Central

Panthers

Team Score (Highest)

05/20/25 vs Valley Central	17
05/13/25 @ Spackenkill	16
04/24/25 @ Saugerties	15
05/07/25 vs Our Lady of Lourdes	11
05/01/25 @ Washingtonville	9

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wallkill). They blew past the Valley Central Vikings 17-7 on Tuesday. The Panthers haven't had any issues with the Vikings recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.

Conner Griffin looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one hit in three consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Connor Bleichner was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple. He has become a key player for Wallkill: the team is 3-1 when he posts at least three RBI, but 6-7 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason Franklin, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with four runs, one triple, and one RBI.

Wallkill hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Valley Central struck out seven times.

Wallkill now has a winning record of 9-8. As for Valley Central, they now have a losing record of 8-9.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Wallkill will take on Kingston at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The Panthers are facing the Tigers at the right time seeing as the Tigers are stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Valley Central, they will square off against Washingtonville at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. The Vikings' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Wizards have averaged an impressive 7.3 runs per game this season.