Baseball Preview: Mid Valley Spartans vs. Western Wayne Wildcats
The Mid Valley Spartans will head out on the road to face off against the Western Wayne Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Mid Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
Mid Valley entered their tilt with Dunmore with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They came out on top against the Bucks by a score of 7-2 on Sunday.
Mid Valley got a great performance from Cooper Lukasavage as he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits.
At the plate, Nick Mills was excellent, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with two RBI and a double. Carter Musewicz was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 12 runs the game before, Western Wayne was a bit more limited in their matchup last Saturday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 12-2 walloping at the hands of Pine Grove.
Western Wayne saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ethan Grodack, who went 1-for-2 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Mid Valley's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Western Wayne, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
Western Wayne's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Mid Valley hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .377. It's a different story for Western Wayne, though, as they've only averaged .250. Will they be able to contain Mid Valley's hitters?
Mid Valley took their victory against Western Wayne in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 20-0. Does Mid Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Western Wayne turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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