Baseball Preview: Penns Manor Comets vs. Purchase Line Red Dragons
Penns Manor is 8-2 against Purchase Line since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Penns Manor Comets will look to defend their home field against the Purchase Line Red Dragons at 3:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Penns Manor will head into Wednesday's game out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Wednesday. They lost 9-3 to West Shamokin. The loss continues a trend for Penns Manor in their matchups with West Shamokin: they've now lost nine in a row.
Penns Manor saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carter Smith, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with a home run and a double. Smith has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, Purchase Line was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They lost 11-2 to Homer-Center.
Austin Chambers was huge no matter where he played even without the win. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and five unearned) runs off eight hits. Chambers was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two stolen bases.
In other batting news, Devlan Kordish was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 4-for-4.
Penns Manor's loss dropped their record down to 5-13. As for Purchase Line, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-18.
Everything went Penns Manor's way against Purchase Line in their previous matchup back in April as Penns Manor made off with a 20-7 victory. Does Penns Manor have another victory up their sleeve, or will Purchase Line turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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