Baseball Preview: Upper Merion Area Vikings vs. Pottsgrove Falcons
The Upper Merion Area Vikings will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Pottsgrove Falcons at 4:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Upper Merion Area's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Boyertown on Wednesday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bears. Upper Merion Area has struggled against Boyertown recently, as their contest on Wednesday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Quintin Sarne was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
Even though they lost, Upper Merion Area didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. This was only their eighth loss (out of 11 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Pottsgrove's offense. They fell just short of Owen J. Roberts by a score of 1-0 on Wednesday.
Carter Burg spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on five hits and racked up six Ks.
On the hitting side, Pottsgrove saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ricky Scott, who went 2-for-3 with two doubles.
Upper Merion Area's loss dropped their record down to 4-11. As for Pottsgrove, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost nine of their last 11 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-11 record this season.
Upper Merion Area skirted past Pottsgrove 2-1 in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Does Upper Merion Area have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pottsgrove turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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