Northeastern Clinton lost against Plattsburgh last Wednesday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Northeastern Clinton Cougars took an 8-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Plattsburgh Hornets. Northeastern Clinton has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
For Plattsburgh's part, Alex O'Neal tossed a big game, striking out nine batters over 6.2 innings while giving up three earned runs off three hits.
At the plate, Braeden Calkins and Marcus Griffiths did most of the damage at the plate: Calkins scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances, while Griffiths scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Dominic DeAngelo, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-5.
Northeastern Clinton's loss dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Plattsburgh, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-2.
Northeastern Clinton will face off against Chazy at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. As for Plattsburgh, they will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Gouverneur at 12:30 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Plattsburgh: 3.7, Gouverneur: 3.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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