Baseball Preview: Williamsport Millionaires vs. Altoona Mountain Lions
Williamsport and Altoona are an even 3-3 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Williamsport Millionaires will head out on the road to face off against the Altoona Mountain Lions at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Williamsport has three straight wins, Altoona has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Williamsport can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent match on Friday. Everything went their way against Shikellamy as Williamsport made off with a 15-0 victory.
Deacon Brown and Kellen Jackson did most of the damage at the plate: Brown scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances, while Jackson went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. Lucas Naughton was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, Altoona came up short against Cumberland Valley on Friday and fell 10-5.
Williamsport is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season. As for Altoona, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 7-5.
Williamsport couldn't quite finish off Altoona in their previous matchup back in May of 2021 and fell 5-3. Can Williamsport avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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