Baseball Preview: Abington Heights Comets vs. North Pocono Trojans
The Abington Heights Comets will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the North Pocono Trojans at 11:00 a.m. Abington Heights will be looking to keep their six-game home win streak alive.
Last Wednesday, Abington Heights had just enough and edged Delaware Valley out 9-7.
Reese Zalewski was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Zalewski was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with three RBI.
In other batting news, Mark Nazar was excellent, scoring two runs while going 3-for-5. Jake Lenahan was another key contributor, scoring three runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought matchup, but North Pocono had to settle for a 6-5 defeat against Holy Redeemer on Thursday.
North Pocono also got a good showing from Nick Reese, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over four innings pitched.
At the plate, North Pocono saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zach Hatala, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, North Pocono didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Abington Heights' win bumped their record up to 14-3. As for North Pocono, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-10.
Both the pair just can't seem to miss. Abington Heights has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 8.8 hits per game. However, it's not like North Pocono struggles in that department as they've been averaging only 5.3. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
Abington Heights might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from North Pocono in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of North Pocono's Cole Dymek, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over five innings pitched. Now that Abington Heights knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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