Baseball Preview: Pottsgrove Falcons vs. Norristown Eagles
The Pottsgrove Falcons are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Norristown Eagles at 4:00 p.m. Pottsgrove is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
Last Thursday, Pottsgrove came up short against Upper Merion Area and fell 12-8.
Pottsgrove saw nine different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Shane O?Hanlon, who went 3-for-4 with an RBI. Gabe Rinda was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Norristown had to endure a four-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They came out on top against Owen J. Roberts by a score of 6-1 on Tuesday.
The team relied heavily on Matt Leary, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Brendon Mancini, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Pottsgrove has traveled a rocky road recently having lost ten of their last 12 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-12 record this season. As for Norristown, their win bumped their record up to 8-10.
Pottsgrove came up short against Norristown when the teams last played back in May of 2023, falling 8-3. Can Pottsgrove avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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