Baseball Preview: Greenwood Wildcats vs. Susquenita Blackhawks
Greenwood has been on the road for two straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Susquenita Blackhawks at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
On Wednesday, Greenwood came up short against Juniata and fell 10-6.
Meanwhile, Susquenita also suffered a loss in their last game, but this one to Newport by a score of 6-3. Susquenita has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Susquenita got a good showing from Austin Crist, who struck out six batters over 3.1 innings while giving up no earned run off two hits (and only one walk).
At the plate, Susquenita saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Billy Syster, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Even though they lost, Susquenita didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Greenwood's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Susquenita, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Greenwood might still be hurting after the 17-4 loss they got from Susquenita in their previous meeting on Saturday. Can Greenwood avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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