Baseball Preview: Pocono Mountain West Panthers vs. Pocono Mountain East Cardinals
Pocono Mountain West is 2-8 against Pocono Mountain East since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Pocono Mountain West Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Pocono Mountain East Cardinals at 4:00 p.m.
Pocono Mountain West lost 15-4 to Nazareth Area on Monday.
Will Mecca was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-1. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times he's played.
Meanwhile, Pocono Mountain East had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 7-4 victory over the Cavaliers.
Bobby Ehrmann and Rocco DelGiudice did most of the damage at the plate: Ehrmann scored two runs while going 2-for-3, while DelGiudice went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. Connor Triano was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Pocono Mountain West's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-9. As for Pocono Mountain East, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Thursday as neither team is afraid to steal. Pocono Mountain West has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 4.5 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Pocono Mountain East struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.3. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Pocono Mountain West came up short against Pocono Mountain East in their previous meeting back in April, falling 5-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pocono Mountain East's Adam Horvath, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over six innings pitched. Now that Pocono Mountain West 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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