Baseball Preview: Hughesville Spartans vs. Mount Carmel RED TORNADOES
Hughesville and Mount Carmel are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Hughesville Spartans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Mount Carmel RED TORNADOES at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Hughesville is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Loyalsock Township on Wednesday as Hughesville made off with a 15-3 victory. The win was nothing new for Hughesville as they're now sitting on three straight.
Graden Dohl looked comfortable as he pitched 3.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits.
On the hitting side, Hughesville let Logan Kiess and Jed Abernatha loose on the outfield. Kiess got on base in all five of his plate appearances with three runs, four RBI, and a triple, while Abernatha went 3-for-4 with two triples, three runs, and three RBI. Kiess has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Evan Snyder was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Mount Carmel sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Southern Columbia Area on Wednesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Mount Carmel.
Mount Carmel's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Lukas Carpenter, who went 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Hughesville's victory bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Mount Carmel, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season.
Both the pair just can't seem to miss. Hughesville has been making plenty of contact this season, having averaged 10 hits per game. However, it's not like Mount Carmel struggles in that department as they've been averaging only 4.2. With both teams so capable at the plate, fans should be ready for an impressive hitting performance.
Hughesville came out on top in a nail-biter against Mount Carmel when the teams last played on April 9th, sneaking past 8-6. Will Hughesville repeat their success, or does Mount Carmel have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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