Baseball Preview: Bellwood-Antis Blue Devils vs. Huntingdon Bearcats
After two games on the road, Bellwood-Antis is heading back home. They will take on the Huntingdon Bearcats at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Bellwood-Antis is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.1 runs per game this season.
Bellwood-Antis will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Monday, then bounced right back against Westmont Hilltop on Tuesday. Bellwood-Antis came out on top against Westmont Hilltop by a score of 11-8.
Alex McCartney made a splash no matter where he played. He pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run but no hits. McCartney was even better at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and a stolen base.
In other batting news, Chase Plummer was incredible, going 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Josh Dorminy was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Huntingdon came up short against Richland on Tuesday and fell 6-2. Huntingdon has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Huntingdon saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Eric Mykut, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.
Bellwood-Antis now has a winning record of 9-8. As for Huntingdon, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-10.
Bellwood-Antis suffered a grim 15-6 defeat to Huntingdon in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Huntingdon's Ashton Steele, who tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Now that Bellwood-Antis 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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