Baseball Preview: Pittston Patriots vs. Dallas Mountaineers
Pittston has been on the road for three straight, but on Monday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Dallas Mountaineers at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Pittston: 2.9, Dallas: 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Pittston will head into Wednesday's game out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Wednesday after soaring to a nine-run matchup in their last game. They fell just short of Wilkes-Barre by a score of 5-3. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Pittston has scored all season.
Meanwhile, Dallas won against Crestwood on Friday with 11 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Saturday. Dallas came out on top in a nail-biter against Jim Thorpe and snuck past 11-9. The victory was familiar territory for Dallas who now have three in a row.
Dylan Geskey was a standout: he scored a run while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Leandri, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Pittston's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-2. As for Dallas, their win bumped their record up to 12-3.
Pittston took their victory against Dallas in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 7-1. Will Pittston repeat their success, or does Dallas have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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