Baseball Preview: Bellwood-Antis Blue Devils vs. Central Cambria Red Devils
The Bellwood-Antis Blue Devils will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Central Cambria Red Devils at 4:30 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Bellwood-Antis took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They came out on top against Glendale by a score of 7-2.
Cam Swogger and Zach Pier did most of the damage at the plate: Swogger scored a run while going 1-for-2, while Pier scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Chase Plummer, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Central Cambria's hitters rose to the challenge against a Crushers pitching crew that boasted an average of only 3.56 points allowed on Tuesday. Everything went Central Cambria's way against Bishop McCort as Central Cambria made off with a 10-4 win. Central Cambria might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won three contests by six runs or more this season.
Bellwood-Antis has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season. As for Central Cambria, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-3.
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