It may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but Penfield ultimately got the result they hoped for on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged out the Rush-Henrietta Royal Comets 4-3. This was a revenge game for the Patriots: when they faced off against the Royal Comets on Monday, they had to take a 4-0 defeat.
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Penfield got a great performance from Dom Denecke as he pitched 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Denecke has become a key player for the Patriots: the team is 2-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 3-4 otherwise.
On the hitting side, Jacob Natale was excellent, going 2-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. That double marked the first that he has hit this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Matt Scibienski, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base and one RBI.
The win got Penfield back to even at 5-5. As for Rush-Henrietta, their loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 3-2.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Penfield will welcome Fairport at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Patriots 3.4, the Red Raiders 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Rush-Henrietta, they will challenge McQuaid Jesuit at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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