Saratoga Springs has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Averill Park Warriors at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Saratoga Springs is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season.
Saratoga Springs will head into Monday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by seven) but on Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Columbia 7-5.
Rick Rossi looked comfortable as he pitched 1.1 innings while giving up no earned run off one hit.
At the plate, Saratoga Springs let Josh Delnicki and Raul Rodriguez loose on the outfield. Delnicki scored two runs while going 1-for-2, while Rodriguez went 1-for-4 with three RBI and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Patrick McKinley, who scored a run while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Averill Park came into Thursday's matchup having lost four straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They put the hurt on Cohoes with a sharp 12-2 win on Thursday. Considering Averill Park has won three contests by more than nine runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Saratoga Springs pushed their record up to 4-2 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Averill Park, their win bumped their record up to 4-5.
Everything went Saratoga Springs' way against Averill Park in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as Saratoga Springs made off with a 19-2 victory. Will Saratoga Springs repeat their success, or does Averill Park have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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