Cairo-Durham is on a four-game streak of home losses, and Hudson a three-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Wednesday. The Cairo-Durham Mustangs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Hudson Bluehawks at 4:30 p.m. Cairo-Durham has given up an average of 8.7 runs per game this season, but Wednesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Cairo-Durham is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They fell just short of Germantown by a score of 12-11 on Monday.
Jacob Young
| 03/31/25 vs Windham-Ashland-Jewett | 3 |
| 05/12/25 @ Germantown | 2 |
| 04/14/25 @ Hudson | 2 |
| 04/23/25 @ Coxsackie-Athens | 1 |
| 04/21/25 @ Maple Hill | 1 |
| + 1 more games |
Jacob Young and Logan Walz put in work while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Young pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Walz struck out seven batters over 3.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. That's the fewest hits Young has allowed since back in April. At the plate, Young went 3-for-5 with one home run, two stolen bases, and two runs, while Walz got on base in three of his five plate appearances with two runs. Young is becoming a predictor of Cairo-Durham's success: when he posts at least two stolen bases the team is 2-1 (and 3-8 when he doesn't).
In other batting news, Peter Jobson made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Hudson posted their closest win since April 10th on Monday. They had just enough and edged out Catskill 4-3.
Hudson let Eli Conte and Joe Simmons run wild. Conte got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one run, while Simmons got on base in two of his three plate appearances with two stolen bases and one run. Those two stolen bases gave Simmons a new career-high.
Hudson's victory bumped their record up to 10-7. As for Cairo-Durham, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-9.
Cairo-Durham skirted past Hudson 2-1 in their previous meeting back in April. Will the Mustangs repeat their success, or do the Bluehawks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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