Softball Preview: Penn Cambria Panthers vs. Forest Hills Rangers
The Penn Cambria Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Forest Hills Rangers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Penn Cambria is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.
On Friday, Penn Cambria came up short against Huntingdon and fell 5-2. Penn Cambria has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Patty Wagner spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered just two earned (and three unearned) runs on seven hits and racked up nine Ks.
On the hitting side, Penn Cambria saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kyra Vinglish, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Forest Hills had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They walked away with a 5-0 victory over the Dragons. Give Forest Hills' pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Penn Cambria's loss dropped their record down to 5-9. As for Forest Hills, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-1.
Penn Cambria suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Forest Hills when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Penn Cambria avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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