The Saranac Spartans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Plattsburgh Hornets at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Saranac lost 13-5 to Peru on Saturday. Saranac has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Alex Clancy made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Seth Petrashune, who scored a run while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Plattsburgh unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Saturday. They lost 9-3 to Schuylerville. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Plattsburgh has scored all season.
Plattsburgh saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nate Baker, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI. Baker has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one hit in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Saranac's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-5. As for Plattsburgh, their loss dropped their record down to 14-3.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Saranac has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Plattsburgh struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.8. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Saranac came up short against Plattsburgh in their previous meeting back in April, falling 9-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Plattsburgh's Warren Miller, who struck out 12 batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit. Now that Saranac knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
