Baseball Recap: Newport Buffaloes vs. East Juniata Tigers
Newport came tearing into Friday's matchup with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.1 runs) and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the East Juniata Tigers as they made off with a 13-2 win. Considering Newport has won five contests by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
For East Juniata's part, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Wyatt Weges, who scored a run while going 3-for-3.
Newport pushed their record up to 10-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for East Juniata, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-9.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Newport will challenge Juniata at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. As for East Juniata, they will head out on the road to face off against Sugar Valley Rural at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. East Juniata is facing Sugar Valley Rural at the right time seeing as Sugar Valley Rural is stuck on an 11-game losing streak.
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