Germantown is on a four-game streak of home losses, and Berlin/New Lebanon a three-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Thursday. The Germantown Clippers will welcome the Berlin/New Lebanon Mountain Lions at 4:30 p.m. Germantown will be strutting in after a win while Berlin/New Lebanon will be coming in after a defeat.
Germantown is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Windham-Ashland-Jewett with a sharp 17-2 victory on Wednesday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Clippers considering their two-run performance the game before.
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Brian Gardner made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in three consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 3-for-5 with three stolen bases, three runs, and one RBI. Those stolen bases marked the first that he has snagged this season.
In other batting news, Germantown let Mason Brown and Tristan Hazleton run wild. Brown went a perfect 5-for-5 with two stolen bases, three runs, and one triple, while Hazleton went 3-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple. That triple was Brown's first of the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Caleb Hildenbrand, who went 1-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.
Germantown always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .615. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Warrensburg hit Berlin/New Lebanon with a six-run fourth inning on Tuesday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Mountain Lions came up short against the Burgers, falling 11-1. That's two games in a row now that the Mountain Lions have lost by exactly ten runs.
Germantown's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-7. As for Berlin/New Lebanon, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
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