Baseball Preview: Wellsboro Hornets vs. Towanda Black Knights
Wellsboro is 8-2 against Towanda since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Wellsboro Hornets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Towanda Black Knights at 4:30 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
On Tuesday, it was close, but Wellsboro sidestepped Northeast Bradford for an 8-7 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Wellsboro.
The team relied heavily on Caden Smith, who scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Lucas Cuneo was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Towanda sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 victory over Sayre on Tuesday.
Towanda's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Wil Shrawder, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Wellsboro's victory bumped their record up to 7-11. As for Towanda, their win bumped their record up to 6-12.
Wellsboro might still be hurting after the 6-0 defeat they got from Towanda in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Towanda's Teagan Irish, who didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Now that Wellsboro knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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