The Albany Cougars are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season: they will square off against the Sonoma Valley Dragons at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. 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.
Albany is leaving town to face Sonoma Valley after disappointing their home crowd in their season opener. Albany fell 7-2 to San Rafael on Wednesday.
Albany got a good showing from Jude Hatamiya, who struck out nine batters over four innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off only two hits.
On the hitting side, Mikey Richards was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with one home run.
Meanwhile, Sonoma Valley came up short against Miramonte on Monday and fell 4-1.
Sonoma Valley saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luke Armitage, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Albany suffered a grim 9-1 defeat to Sonoma Valley in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. Can Albany avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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