Baseball Preview: Shippensburg Greyhounds vs. Northern York Polar Bears
The Shippensburg Greyhounds will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Northern York Polar Bears at 4:15 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Northern York is hoping to do on Thursday what Waynesboro couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Shippensburg's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Shippensburg never let Waynesboro onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory.
Meanwhile, Northern York entered their tilt with West Perry with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Mustangs on Tuesday and snuck past 4-2. That's two games straight that Northern York has won by exactly two runs.
Ambrose Depasqua made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Depasqua has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in four consecutive pitching appearances. Depasqua was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
In other pitching news, Northern York got a great performance from Collin McDonald as he tossed six innings while giving up just two earned runs off ten hits. McDonald has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Back at the plate, Grady Bonin was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
Shippensburg has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. As for Northern York, their win bumped their record up to 7-10.
Shippensburg took their victory against Northern York in their previous meeting back in April by a conclusive 11-1. Does Shippensburg have another victory up their sleeve, or will Northern York turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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