The Canastota Red Raiders will face off against the Dolgeville Blue Devils at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Canastota will be strutting in after a victory while Dolgeville will be coming in after a loss.
The home team had won the previous five meetings between Canastota and Herkimer, and Canastota kept the tradition alive. The Red Raiders came out on top against the Magicians by a score of 9-5 on Monday.
Devon Silvernail was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Trace Studebaker, who scored three runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Dolgeville came up short against Clinton on Monday, falling 9-3.
Taegen Johnson put in work while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out ten over four innings pitched. Johnson was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-2. Johnson is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's snagged at least one every time he's taken the field this season.
Johnson wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Noah Izzo, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base and two RBI.
Canastota pushed their record up to 2-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Dolgeville, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2-1.
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