Voorheesville and Cobleskill-Richmondville are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Voorheesville Blackbirds will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cobleskill-Richmondville Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Voorheesville will be strutting in after a win while Cobleskill-Richmondville will be coming in after a loss.
Voorheesville took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 10-8 victory over Cohoes. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Voorheesville considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Meanwhile, Cobleskill-Richmondville came up short against Schalmont on Monday and fell 6-2.
Cobleskill-Richmondville saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Elijah Barr, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-4.
Voorheesville is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 3-7 record this season. As for Cobleskill-Richmondville, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-7.
Voorheesville came up short against Cobleskill-Richmondville in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 11-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Barr, who struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits. Now that Voorheesville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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