Baseball Preview: Jefferson Area Falcons vs. Berkshire Badgers
The Jefferson Area Falcons will head out on the road to face off against the Berkshire Badgers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Jefferson Area will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Jefferson Area will head into Tuesday's game eager for some revenge after what happened against Edgewood: Jefferson Area blew Edgewood out of the water the last time the pair played, but on TuesdayEdgewood got their revenge. Jefferson Area fell just short of Edgewood by a score of 15-13.
Tate Hudson was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Hudson has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one hit in three consecutive pitching appearances. Hudson was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-5.
In other batting news, Michael Riffle was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring three runs while going 4-for-4. Giovanni Matticola was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Berkshire didn't have quite enough to beat Cardinal on Tuesday and fell 2-1.
Berkshire saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Hastings, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Jefferson Area has traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last seven contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-11-1 record this season. As for Berkshire, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 12-7.
Everything went Jefferson Area's way against Berkshire in their previous matchup back in April of 2016 as Jefferson Area made off with a 9-1 win. Does Jefferson Area have another victory up their sleeve, or will Berkshire turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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