Baseball Preview: Shamokin Area Indians vs. Sugar Valley Rural Phoenix
After three games on the road, Shamokin Area is heading back home. They will take on the Sugar Valley Rural Phoenix at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Shamokin Area will head into Wednesday's match out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Wednesday. They lost 8-1 to Shikellamy.
Hayden Karlovich was cooking despite his team's loss, going 3-for-3 with a home run and a stolen base.
Sugar Valley Rural lost 11-2 to Neumann Regional Academy on Monday. Sugar Valley Rural has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Sugar Valley Rural saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Layden Bryan, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Shamokin Area has been struggling recently as they've lost ten of their last 12 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-15 record this season. As for Sugar Valley Rural, their loss dropped their record down to 2-16.
Everything went Shamokin Area's way against Sugar Valley Rural in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 as Shamokin Area made off with a 7-0 victory. Will Shamokin Area repeat their success, or does Sugar Valley Rural have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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