The Vintage Crushers will head out on the road to challenge the Benicia Panthers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Vintage sitting on three straight victories and Benicia on four.
Vintage is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past De Anza 5-3. Five seems to be a good number for Vintage as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Noah Piersig spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned runs on seven hits and racked up six Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Kai Gulliksen was excellent, going 1-for-2 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Dario Freschi, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Benicia sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-4 win over Washington on Wednesday.
Dominic Louro tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up four earned runs off four hits.
On the hitting side, Colton Richardson was incredible, going 2-for-2 with a home run and three RBI. Peyton Rowles was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a home run and a stolen base.
Vintage has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-10 record this season. As for Benicia, their victory bumped their record up to 17-8.
Vintage couldn't quite finish off Benicia when the teams last played back in March and fell 8-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Benicia's Myles Cooper, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2. Now that Vintage knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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