Baseball Preview: Forest Hills Rangers vs. Clearfield Bison
Forest Hills has been on the road for three straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Clearfield Bison at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Forest Hills owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Westmont Hilltop as Forest Hills made off with an 8-0 win.
Jake Yatsky and Tyler Orris did most of the damage at the plate: Yatsky scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Orris scored two runs and stole a base while going 4-for-5. Bryce Roberts was another key contributor, going 3-for-5 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Clearfield has not done well against Tyrone recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way back in March. Clearfield had just enough and edged Tyrone out 4-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Clearfield.
Clearfield's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Matt Irvin, who scored a run while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Anthony Lopez, who scored a run while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Forest Hills' win bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Clearfield, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Forest Hills came up short against Clearfield in their previous meeting back in April of 2015, falling 7-3. Can Forest Hills avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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