Baseball Preview: Upper Dublin Cardinals vs. Quakertown Panthers
Upper Dublin and Quakertown are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Upper Dublin Cardinals will head out on the road to square off against the Quakertown Panthers at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither Upper Dublin nor Quakertown posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Upper Dublin is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Neshaminy just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Monday. They lost 7-1 to the Skins. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Upper Dublin has scored all season.
Meanwhile, Quakertown has not done well against Plymouth Whitemarsh recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Quakertown had just enough and edged Plymouth Whitemarsh out 2-1. Winning may never get old, but Quakertown sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Matt Marsten was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over 6.1 innings pitched. Marsten has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Marsten was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Marsten wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Cole Reich, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Upper Dublin's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-2. As for Quakertown, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season.
Upper Dublin skirted past Quakertown 3-1 when the teams last played back in March. The rematch might be a little tougher for Upper Dublin 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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