Baseball Preview: Altoona Mountain Lions vs. Hollidaysburg Golden Tigers
The Altoona Mountain Lions will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against the Hollidaysburg Golden Tigers at 4:30 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Altoona will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up two runs on Wednesday, then bounced right back against DuBois on Friday. Everything went Altoona's way against DuBois as Altoona made off with a 12-1 victory.
Tanner Stroup made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Stroup was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Dante LaRocco was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Gavin Albright, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Hollidaysburg won against Bellwood-Antis on Monday with four runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. Hollidaysburg sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 win over Westmont Hilltop. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Hollidaysburg.
Altoona's victory bumped their record up to 11-8. As for Hollidaysburg, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Altoona beat Hollidaysburg 5-2 in their previous matchup back in April. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Hollidaysburg's Cayden Gibbons, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run and two RBI. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Altoona still be able to contain Gibbons? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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