Patterson has been on the road for two straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Atwater Falcons at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Patterson: 3.2, Atwater: 4.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Patterson's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Tuesday, when they got past Atwater's usually-dominant pitching crew. Everything went Patterson's way against Atwater as Patterson made off with an 11-4 victory.
Noah Cozart and Max Medina made a splash no matter where they played. Throwing, Cozart tossed two innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Meanwhile, Medina tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Cozart scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Medina scored a run while going 1-for-4.
In other batting news, Owen Albrecht and Guy Allard did most of the damage at the plate: Albrecht scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Allard scored two runs while going 3-for-5. Albrecht has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Tyler Thorp, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
Patterson has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6-1 record this season. As for Atwater, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-11.
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