The Lansingburgh Knights will be playing at home against the Cobleskill-Richmondville Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Lansingburgh is out to stop a nine-game streak of losses at home dating back to last season.
Lansingburgh will head into Tuesday's contest ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk on Tuesday, but the two-run margin was a huge improvement compared to the eight-run defeat they were dealt on Friday. Lansingburgh fell just short of Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk by a score of 4-2.
Guiliana Patregnani put in work no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out ten batters over seven innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off only two hits. Patregnani was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 4-for-4.
Even though they lost, Lansingburgh hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. That's the fewest strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Cobleskill-Richmondville fell victim to Voorheesville and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. They fell just short of the Blackbirds by a score of 1-0.
Cobleskill-Richmondville saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aliza Sperbeck, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Lansingburgh's loss dropped their record down to 4-10. As for Cobleskill-Richmondville, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-7.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Wednesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Lansingburgh has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.4 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Cobleskill-Richmondville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.5. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Lansingburgh couldn't quite finish off Cobleskill-Richmondville in their previous matchup on Thursday and fell 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cobleskill-Richmondville's Ally Palmer, who struck out 12 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Now that Lansingburgh knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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