The Putnam Valley Tigers will challenge the Oneonta Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Putnam Valley sitting on eight straight wins and Oneonta on five.
Putnam Valley is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Everything went their way against Solvay as they made off with a 12-2 victory. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 15 contests by seven runs or more this season.
Dominic Benedetto
| 06/07/25 vs Solvay | 6 |
| 05/31/25 vs Hastings | 9 |
| 05/24/25 vs Pawling | 7 |
| 05/12/25 vs Pawling | 5 |
| 05/07/25 @ Clarkstown South | 11 |
Putnam Valley got a great performance from Dominic Benedetto as he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Benedetto has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Jay Constantino and James Sanford did most of the damage at the plate: Constantino went 2-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and one triple, while Sanford went a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBI, one triple, and one run. That's the most hits Sanford has posted since back in April. Another player making a difference was Jake Peterson, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.
Putnam Valley was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .464. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .316 or higher in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Oneonta won against Lansing last Monday with two runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Saturday. The Yellowjackets beat Medina by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 2-1.
Oneonta's win bumped their record up to 22-3. As for Putnam Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 20-4.
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