Baseball Preview: Harbor Creek Huskies vs. North East Grape Pickers
The Harbor Creek Huskies will head out on the road to challenge the North East Grape Pickers at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Harbor Creek can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent contest on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Corry as Harbor Creek made off with a 10-0 win. That's two games straight that Harbor Creek has won by exactly ten runs.
The result came thanks to Sam LaFuria's shutout, as he gave up just two hits and racked up seven Ks. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Gio Barbato, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Burick, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, North East came into Monday's game having lost seven straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They had just enough and edged Girard out 9-8.
Jerek Turlij made a splash no matter where he played. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Turlij was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and two RBI.
In other batting news, Tommy Owens was excellent, going 1-for-4 with a home run. Another player making a difference was Braydon Cornman, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
The victory made it two in a row for Harbor Creek and bumps their season record up to 13-6. As for North East, their win bumped their record up to 4-10.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Wednesday. Harbor Creek hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like North East struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.4. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Everything went Harbor Creek's way against North East in their previous matchup back in April as Harbor Creek made off with a 9-2 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Harbor Creek since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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