The Coginchaug Regional Blue Devils have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Platt Panthers at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Coginchaug Regional will head into Thursday's game on the come-up: they were handed a nine-run defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Hale Ray on Thursday. Coginchaug Regional came out on top in a nail-biter against Hale Ray and snuck past 5-3.
Meanwhile, Platt entered their tilt with Middletown with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They had just enough and edged the Blue Dragons out 4-2. That's two games straight that Platt has won by exactly two runs.
Zack Baker was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out nine batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits (and not a single walk). Baker was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jayden Gaither, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen two or more in the last three games he's played.
Coginchaug Regional has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-11 record this season. As for Platt, they pushed their record up to 12-5 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Coginchaug Regional came up short against Platt in their previous matchup back in May of 2018, falling 10-7. Can Coginchaug Regional avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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