Baseball Preview: Clarion-Limestone Lions vs. Port Allegany Gators
The Clarion-Limestone Lions will be playing in front of their home fans against the Port Allegany Gators at 4:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Clarion-Limestone is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.
Clarion-Limestone stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Keystone a 14-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Clarion-Limestone.
Tommy Smith and Kohen Kemmer made a big impact no matter where they played. Throwing, Smith struck out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk). Meanwhile, Kemmer pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. At bat, Smith went 3-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI, while Kemmer scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Kemmer is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played.
In other batting news, Jesse Siwiecki was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Logan Lutz was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Port Allegany unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of Cameron County by a score of 5-4. Port Allegany has not had much luck with Cameron County recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Port Allegany saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Bliss, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Clarion-Limestone has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Port Allegany, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-8.
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