The Schuylerville Horses will challenge the Scotia-Glenville Tartans at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Schuylerville is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They walked away with a 10-5 win over Queensbury on Wednesday. The Horses have beaten the Spartans the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Spartans has come to flipping the script.
Meanwhile, Scotia-Glenville won against Glens Falls on Wednesday with four runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. The Tartans never let Amsterdam get on the board and left with a 4-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tartans.
The result came thanks to Keeley Kristel's shutout, as she gave up just two hits and racked up 12 Ks. She has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in 12 consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Julie Cooper was excellent, going a perfect 3-for-3 with two RBI and one run. Those three hits gave her a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Molly Juedes, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one double, and one RBI.
Scotia-Glenville's win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-3-1. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Schuylerville, they picked up their first road win, bumping their record up to 3-7-1.
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