Baseball Preview: Williamsport Millionaires vs. Jersey Shore Bulldogs
Williamsport is 8-2 against Jersey Shore since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Williamsport Millionaires will be playing in front of their home fans against the Jersey Shore Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
In what's become a running theme this season, Williamsport gave their fans yet another huge win on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Shamokin Area a 13-0 shutout.
Williamsport got a great performance from Ryan Schur as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out six over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Lucas Naughton was incredible, going 2-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Coen Britton, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Jersey Shore had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Braves 4-3.
The team relied heavily on Brady Depasqua, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Ian Carlin was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
The win got Williamsport back to even at 5-5. As for Jersey Shore, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-4.
Williamsport couldn't quite finish off Jersey Shore in their previous meeting back in March and fell 4-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Jersey Shore's Jerrin Loomis, who struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Now that Williamsport 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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