Baseball Preview: Sharpsville Blue Devils vs. Wilmington Greyhounds
Sharpsville has been on the road for two straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Wilmington Greyhounds at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Sharpsville is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past West Middlesex 20-9. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
The team relied heavily on Gabe Titus, who went 4-for-5 with a home run, six RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Dalton Byerly, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs.
Meanwhile, Wilmington put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Monday. They put the hurt on Jamestown with a sharp 15-5 win. 15 seems to be a good number for Wilmington as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Wilmington got a massive performance out of Rocky Serafino, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple. Ben Miller was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Sharpsville's win bumped their record up to 6-2-1. As for Wilmington, they pushed their record up to 7-4 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
Sharpsville might still be hurting after the 11-1 loss they got from Wilmington in their previous matchup back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Serafino, who kept things locked down with no earned run or hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched. Now that Sharpsville 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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