Baseball Recap: Conemaugh Township extends road winning streak to seven

By Team Reports Apr 27, 2024, 12:44pm

Baseball Recap: Conemaugh Township Indians vs. Conemaugh Valley Blue Jays

Conemaugh Township stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. Everything went their way against the Conemaugh Valley Blue Jays as the Conemaugh Township Indians made off with a 12-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Conemaugh Township.

Luke Haight made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching three innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. Haight has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. Haight was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double.

In other batting news, Conemaugh Township got a massive performance out of Zack Petree, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Larry Weaver was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.

On Conemaugh Valley's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jeremy Dietz, who went 3-for-3 with a double.

Conemaugh Township pushed their record up to 12-2 with that victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Conemaugh Valley, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-10.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Conemaugh Township will take on Windber at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Conemaugh Township's pitching crew has only allowed 1.9 runs per game this season, so Windber's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Conemaugh Valley, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Blacklick Valley at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Blacklick Valley is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.5 runs per game this season.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps