Baseball Preview: Stroudsburg Mountaineers vs. Pocono Mountain East Cardinals
The Stroudsburg Mountaineers will head out on the road to challenge the Pocono Mountain East Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Stroudsburg is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
On Saturday, Stroudsburg fell victim to a tough 13-2 loss at the hands of Whitehall.
Stroudsburg saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Alex Pacitti, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Pocono Mountain East came tearing into Friday's contest with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.8 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 5-2 win over the Warriors.
Bobby Ehrmann and Nate Meinweiser were a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Ehrmann didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over five innings pitched. Meanwhile, Meinweiser pitched 1.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Ehrmann has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Ehrmann scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3, while Meinweiser scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Stroudsburg's defeat dropped their record down to 4-7. As for Pocono Mountain East, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season.
Stroudsburg might still be hurting after the 12-1 loss they got from Pocono Mountain East when the teams last played back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pocono Mountain East's Adam Horvath, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Now that Stroudsburg knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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