Geneseo proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by 14) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The victory was familiar territory for the Blue Devils, who have now won four matches in a row.
Cooper Warner made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He is becoming a predictor of Geneseo's success: when he allows at most one hit the team is undefeated (and 3-4 when he doesn't). Warner was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two RBI and one run.
Bryce Patterson
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In other batting news, Geneseo let Bryce Patterson and Preston Granger run wild. Patterson went 2-for-4 with two doubles and one run, while Granger went a perfect 3-for-3 with one RBI. Those two doubles gave Patterson a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Churchfield, who went 1-for-3 with two runs.
Geneseo was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in four consecutive contests.
Geneseo pushed their record up to 8-4 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.8 runs over those games. As for Notre Dame, their defeat ended a 16-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-2.
Coming up, Geneseo will host Hornell at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Notre Dame, they will challenge Elba at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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