Baseball Preview: Littlestown Thunderbolts vs. Boiling Springs Bubblers
The Littlestown Thunderbolts will head out on the road to square off against the Boiling Springs Bubblers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Littlestown is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Littlestown will head into Wednesday's matchup on the come-up: they were handed a 15-run loss in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Kennard-Dale on Wednesday. Littlestown came out on top in a nail-biter against Kennard-Dale and snuck past 6-4.
Colby Hahn was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Hahn has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Hahn was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Ryan Jones was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances. Braylen Branham was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, everything went Boiling Springs' way against West York Area on Monday as Boiling Springs made off with an 8-1 win. With that victory, Boiling Springs brought their scoring average up to 6.1 runs per game.
Phoenix Houser spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on one hit and racked up eight Ks. Those eight strikeouts set a new season-high mark for him.
At the plate, Boiling Springs got a big performance out of Keegan Williamson, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Josh Snyder, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-4.
Littlestown's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 8-9. As for Boiling Springs, their record now sits at 11-7.
Littlestown came up short against Boiling Springs in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, falling 5-2. Thankfully for Littlestown, Joseph Serafin (who struck out eight batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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