Baseball Preview: Hughesville Spartans vs. Bloomsburg Panthers
Hughesville is 8-2 against Bloomsburg since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Hughesville Spartans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Bloomsburg Panthers at 4:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hughesville has four straight wins, Bloomsburg has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Hughesville will head into Friday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by 12) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Mount Carmel out 6-4.
Aiden Barlett was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Barlett has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Barlett was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Barlett wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jed Abernatha, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI.
Bloomsburg lost 11-2 to Southern Columbia Area on Friday.
Hughesville's victory bumped their record up to 9-2. As for Bloomsburg, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-11.
Hughesville beat Bloomsburg 4-1 in their previous meeting on April 10th. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Bloomsburg's Connor Haydt, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Hughesville still be able to contain Haydt? There's only one way to find out.
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