Baseball Preview: Central Dragons vs. Clearfield Bison
The Central Dragons will be playing at home against the Clearfield Bison at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The pair are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Central stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Penn Cambria a 10-0 shutout. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Central considering their one-run performance the game before.
Central got a great performance from Mason Byler as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over six innings pitched. Byler has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Hunter Smith, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Jay Hoenstine, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Clearfield got the win against Greater Johnstown on Friday by a conclusive 10-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Clearfield.
Elijah Quick and Cole Bloom did most of the damage at the plate: Quick scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3, while Bloom scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Anthony Lopez was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Central's win bumped their record up to 12-5. As for Clearfield, they pushed their record up to 6-7 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
Everything went Central's way against Clearfield when the teams last played back in March as Central made off with a 17-1 win. Will Central repeat their success, or does Clearfield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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