The Whitesboro Warriors will head out to square off against the Guilderland Flying Dutchmen at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Whitesboro's pitching crew has only allowed 2.5 runs per game this season, so Guilderland's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Whitesboro is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 13 runs last Monday, they were much more limited against Rome Free Academy on Thursday. They fell just short of the Black Knights by a score of 3-2. The loss was the Warriors' first of the season.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last matchup, Guilderland made sure to put some runs up on the board against Albany on Tuesday. The Flying Dutchmen were the clear victors by a 12-0 margin over the Falcons. That looming 12-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Flying Dutchmen yet this season.
Leah Miller made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over five innings pitched. Miller was also solid in the batter's box, going a perfect 2-for-2 with one RBI. That RBI was her first of the season.
In other batting news, Guilderland got a massive performance out of Alyssa Griffin, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one triple, and one double. That triple marked the first that Griffin has hit this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Grace Neville, who got on base in all three of her plate appearances with two runs and two RBI.
The win (which was Guilderland's third in a row) raised their record to 5-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Whitesboro, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
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