The Pawling Tigers will face off against the Hastings Yellow Jackets at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Pawling is looking to give their home crowd another W after opening their season at home last Friday. They walked away with a 6-3 victory over Blind Brook.
Meanwhile, Hastings sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 win over Irvington on Friday. The Yellow Jackets haven't had any issues with the Bulldogs recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive victory against them.
Hastings got a great performance from Nathan Krapf as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over 4.2 innings pitched. Those eight strikeouts gave Krapf a new career-high.
On the hitting side, Matt Corbo was excellent, going 1-for-3 with three RBI, one stolen base, and one double.
Pawling came up short against Hastings when the teams last played back in March of 2023, falling 8-3. Can the Tigers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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