The Corning-Painted Post Hawks will head out to face off against the Middletown Middie Bears at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Corning-Painted Post will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Corning-Painted Post is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Sunday. They came out on top against Elmira by a score of 4-0.
The scorekeeper got an easy start on Wednesday as neither Middletown nor Pine Bush made it on the board until the fifth inning. The Middie Bears had just enough and edged out the Bushmen 3-2. Surprisingly, this marked the Middie Bears' third straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.
Bethannie French spent all nine innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on six hits and racked up six Ks.
At the plate, Alissandra Soto was excellent, going 2-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
Corning-Painted Post's win was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 16-3. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.6 runs over those games. As for Middletown, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-8 record this season.
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