Baseball Game Preview: Sugar Valley Rural Phoenix vs. East Juniata Tigers

The Sugar Valley Rural Phoenix will venture away from home to take on the East Juniata Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Sugar Valley Rural is coming into the game on a six-game losing streak dating back to last season.

Sugar Valley Rural blew Bucktail out of the water the last time the pair played, but on Friday Bucktail got their revenge. Sugar Valley Rural fell just short of Bucktail by a score of 8-6.

Meanwhile, East Juniata lost 14-4 to Upper Dauphin Area on Saturday. The Tigers have struggled against the Trojans recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost meeting.

Wyatt Weges and Nathan Carolus did some serious damage despite the final result: Weges scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Carolus scored a run while going 3-for-3. That's the most hits Carolus has posted since back in April of 2024.

Sugar Valley Rural's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for East Juniata, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.

Sugar Valley Rural suffered a grim 19-0 defeat to East Juniata when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Can Sugar Valley Rural avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.