Baseball Preview: Upper Dublin Cardinals vs. Quakertown Panthers
Upper Dublin and Quakertown are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Upper Dublin Cardinals will head out on the road to face off against the Quakertown Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Upper Dublin's pitching crew has only allowed 2.4 runs per game this season, so Quakertown's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Upper Dublin is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Neshaminy just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Monday. They lost 7-1 to the Skins. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Upper Dublin has scored all season.
Meanwhile, Quakertown stacked a ninth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They blew past New Hope-Solebury 8-1. The victory was nothing new for Quakertown as they're now sitting on three straight.
Anthony Pellegrini looked comfortable as he tossed 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Dan Qualteria, who scored three runs and stole four bases while going 3-for-4. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last ten games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Brady Martin, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Upper Dublin's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-2. As for Quakertown, they pushed their record up to 10-4 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.
Upper Dublin came out on top in a nail-biter against Quakertown in their previous matchup back in March, sneaking past 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Upper Dublin since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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