After three games on the road, New Paltz is heading back home. They will take on the Highland Huskies at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
New Paltz's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Pine Plains 6-0.
Pine Plains' batters probably weren't too happy with Jack Maiale, who pitched a no hitter and racked up 15 Ks (he gave up four walks). Maiale has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than seven innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, New Paltz got a big performance out of Levi Peterson, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Pete Dillehay, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Highland can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Poughkeepsie as Highland made off with a 13-3 win. Highland's victory was all the more impressive since Poughkeepsie was averaging only 2.46 runs allowed on the season.
The win got New Paltz back to even at 8-8. As for Highland, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 12-6.
Everything went New Paltz's way against Highland in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 as New Paltz made off with a 14-3 win. Will New Paltz repeat their success, or does Highland have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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