The Pine Bush Bushmen will square off against the Middletown Middie Bears at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Pine Bush came up short against Newburgh Free Academy and fell 8-5. The Bushmen haven't had much luck with the Goldbacks recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, Middletown hadn't done well against Kingston recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. The Middie Bears won by a run and slipped past the Tigers 4-3. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Middie Bears.
Bethannie French spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and one unearned) runs on six hits and racked up ten Ks.
On the hitting side, Alissandra Soto was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-1.
Middletown has also opened the season with a perfect 2-0 record. As for Pine Bush, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.
Pine Bush came out on top in a nail-biter against Middletown when the teams last played back in May of 2024, sneaking past 4-2. Do the Bushmen have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Middie Bears turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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