Baseball Preview: Cumberland Valley Eagles vs. Altoona Mountain Lions
The Cumberland Valley Eagles will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Altoona Mountain Lions at 4:15 p.m. Cumberland Valley will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive.
Cumberland Valley can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent contest on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Red Land as Cumberland Valley made off with a 12-2 victory.
Ryan Remetta tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Kaden Schoenly was a standout: he scored two runs while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Alex Sauve, who scored three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Altoona fell victim to a rough 7-1 loss at the hands of Mifflin County on Wednesday. Altoona has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Cumberland Valley has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Altoona, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-4.
Cumberland Valley skirted past Altoona 7-6 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Altoona's Trent Meyers, who fired off two home runs, three runs, and four RBI while going 3-for-3. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be that much easier for Cumberland Valley to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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