Baseball Preview: Freeport Yellowjackets vs. East Allegheny Wild Cats
The Freeport Yellowjackets will be playing in front of their home fans against the East Allegheny Wild Cats at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Thursday, Freeport made easy work of Eden Christian Academy and carried off a 9-3 win. That six run margin sets a new team best for Freeport this season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for East Allegheny, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Steel Valley on Thursday as East Allegheny made off with an 11-4 victory.
Ryan Rupert was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-1. Traynor Janosko was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Freeport's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-8. As for East Allegheny, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season.
Freeport might still be hurting after the 11-1 defeat they got from East Allegheny when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Will Freeport have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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