Baseball Game Preview: Bucktail Bucks vs. Sugar Valley Rural Phoenix

The Bucktail Bucks will take on the Sugar Valley Rural Phoenix at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

After dropping their season opener at home, Sugar Valley Rural is headed out to face a Bucks team ready to give their home crowd a win. Bucktail lost 23-3 to Millville on Monday. The Bucks have struggled against the Quakers recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost meeting.

Keller Friese

Stolen Base

03/24/25 vs Millville	1
05/15/24 vs Northern Potter	2
05/14/24 vs Muncy	4

Bucktail saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Keller Friese, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2. Friese is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last three games he's played dating back to last season.

Meanwhile, Sugar Valley Rural was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat dating back to last season. They came up short against Neumann Regional Academy, falling 12-2.

Bucktail might still be hurting after the 24-7 loss they got from Sugar Valley Rural when the teams last played back in May of 2024. Can Bucktail avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.