For the second straight game, Pine Bush will face off against Monroe-Woodbury. The Bushmen will host the Crusaders at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pine Bush has four straight victories, Monroe-Woodbury has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Pine Bush's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Monroe-Woodbury with a sharp 6-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Bushmen, who have now won seven games by six runs or more so far this season.
For Monroe-Woodbury's part, Lucas Beers was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up three earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits.
At the plate, Monroe-Woodbury saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Liam Hayes, who went 2-for-3 with one double.
Pine Bush pushed their record up to 12-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.0 runs over those games. As for Monroe-Woodbury, their loss dropped their record down to 11-4.
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