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| 05/16/24 - Home | 7-0 W |
| 05/18/23 - Away | 6-12 L |
| 04/05/22 - Home | 4-0 W |
| 05/27/21 - Away | 11-7 W |
| 04/16/19 - Home | 14-3 W |
| + 3 more games |
Pine Bush is 7-1 against Wallkill since April of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Monday. The Bushmen will host the Panthers at 4:30 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Monroe-Woodbury hit Pine Bush with a five-run fifth inning on Friday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Bushmen lost 10-1 to the Crusaders. The game marked the Bushmen's lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Wallkill was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They fell 6-2 to Saugerties.
Ryan Murphy was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and five unearned) runs off five hits. Wallkill is 2-1 when Murphy allows one or fewer earned runs, but 2-9 otherwise.
On the hitting side, Wallkill saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Mason Franklin, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
Pine Bush's defeat dropped their record down to 8-8. As for Wallkill, their loss dropped their record down to 4-10.
Everything went Pine Bush's way against Wallkill when the teams last played back in May of 2024, as Pine Bush made off with a 7-0 win. Will the Bushmen repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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