Baseball Game Preview: Carbondale Area Chargers vs. Holy Redeemer Royals

The Carbondale Area Chargers are taking a road trip to take on the Holy Redeemer Royals at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Carbondale Area has now lost nine straight dating back to last season, leaving the team hunting for their first win since April 27.

Carbondale Area came into this matchup off a tough 20-run loss last Thursday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Lakeland by a score of 3-1 on Monday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Chargers have suffered since April 17, 2024.

Meanwhile, Holy Redeemer made easy work of Western Wayne on Thursday and carried off a 12-2 victory.

Cody Quaglia made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits (and only one walk). Quaglia was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.

Quaglia wasn't the only one making solid contact as seven players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Sam Shovlin, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. The dominant performance also gave Shovlin a new career-high in RBI (two). Another was Noah Hummel, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.

Holy Redeemer's record is now 2-0. As for Carbondale Area, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.

Carbondale Area couldn't quite get it done against Holy Redeemer in their previous matchup back in March of 2024 as they fell 5-2. Can Carbondale Area avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.