The Saugerties Sawyers will face off against the Catskill Cats at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Saugerties fell victim to Wallkill and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They lost 15-0 to the Panthers. The Sawyers haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team has come up short the last nine times they've met.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Catskill, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 victory over Watervliet on Wednesday. The win continues a trend for the Cats in their matchups with the Cannoneers: they've now won three in a row.
Will Cummings made a splash no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over five innings pitched. He also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because Catskill is 3-1 when he allows at most three earned runs, but 2-4 otherwise. Cummings was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs.
Cummings wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was James Story, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Travis Bulich also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Saugerties' defeat dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Catskill, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
Everything went Saugerties' way against Catskill in their previous meeting back in April of 2015, as Saugerties made off with a 9-0 win. Will the Sawyers repeat their success, or do the Cats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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