Baseball Preview: Wilson Area Warriors vs. Salisbury Township Falcons
The Wilson Area Warriors will be playing at home against the Salisbury Township Falcons at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Wilson Area will head into Tuesday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big two weeks ago (they won by six) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 win over Notre Dame-Green Pond.
Andrew Sagrestano spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned runs on seven hits and racked up nine Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Nico Brown, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Shaun Danielson was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Salisbury Township had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They skirted past the Pirates 3-2.
Salisbury Township saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nate Nunez, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Wilson Area is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. As for Salisbury Township, their victory bumped their record up to 17-4.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Wilson Area has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.6 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Salisbury Township struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.3. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Wilson Area came up short against Salisbury Township in their previous matchup back in April, falling 5-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Salisbury Township's Thomas Lovelidge, who pitched seven innings while giving up just one earned run off seven hits. Now that Wilson Area 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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