Baseball Recap: Altoona's Losing Streak Is a Thing of the Past

Altoona posted their closest victory since March 27th on Wednesday. They came out on top against the Mifflin County Huskies by a score of 3-1 (the very same score they lost by in their prior game). This was a revenge game for the Mountain Lions: when they faced off against the Huskies on April 1st, they had to take a 6-2 loss.

Gavin Albright

Runs

04/23/25 @ Mifflin County	2
04/12/25 vs Central	2
03/29/25 @ Williamsport	2
04/17/25 vs State College	1
03/21/25 vs Central Dauphin	1

The team relied heavily on Gavin Albright, who went 2-for-4 with two runs and one double. He has become a key player for Altoona: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 4-5 otherwise.

With the win, Altoona broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 7-5. As for Mifflin County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-3.

Altoona and Mifflin County should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Pennsylvania Rankings. The Mountain Lions will take on Chambersburg at 4:15 p.m. on Monday with a big rank advantage (79 vs. 357). Meanwhile, Mifflin County (ranked 38th) will meet Greater Latrobe (ranked 140th) at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Huskies 2.9, the Wildcats 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.