The Albany Cougars will square off against the St. Patrick-St. Vincent Bruins at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Albany is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
Albany fell victim to Salesian College Preparatory and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 4-0 to the Pride, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The Cougars haven't had much luck with the Pride recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Caroline Snyder spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and two unearned) runs on seven hits.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Patrick-St. Vincent). They put the hurt on Bethel with a sharp 18-7 victory on Saturday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Bruins considering their one-run performance the game before.
Taylor Etchieson made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over five innings while giving up three earned (and four unearned) runs off three hits. Those hits marked the first that she allowed this season. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, St. Patrick-St. Vincent got a massive performance out of Christina Thomsen, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 4-for-4. The dominant performance also gave Thomsen a new career-high in RBI (three). Gabriella Wida was another key player, scoring two runs while going 4-for-4.
St. Patrick-St. Vincent was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
St. Patrick-St. Vincent's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-11. As for Albany, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-8.
Albany took their victory against St. Patrick-St. Vincent in their previous meeting back in March by a conclusive 20-0 score. Do the Cougars have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bruins turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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