The Goshen Warriors will head out on the road to face off against the Batavia Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Goshen came into their game last Saturday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They lost 12-2 to Milford.
Meanwhile, Batavia entered their tilt with Summit Country Day on Monday with five consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with six. They came out on top against the Silver Knights by a score of 8-3.
The team relied heavily on Brayden Schmittou, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI. That's the most stolen bases he has posted over his last 11 matchups. The team also got some help courtesy of Derek Richardson, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI, one run, and one double.
Batavia was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .419. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Summit Country Day only posted a batting average of .167.
Batavia pushed their record up to 16-3 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Goshen, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-4.
Goshen suffered a grim 9-1 defeat to Batavia in their previous matchup back in April. Can the Warriors avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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