Baseball Preview: Bellefonte Raiders vs. Forest Hills Rangers
The Bellefonte Raiders will be playing in front of their home fans against the Forest Hills Rangers at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Bellefonte will be looking to keep their nine-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Bellefonte will make a triumphant return home after picking up their first road win of the season at Clearfield expense on Wednesday. Bellefonte fell just short of Clearfield by a score of 5-4.
Trevor Johnson made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and fired off two home runs and three RBI while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, neither Forest Hills nor Clearfield made it onto the board on Thursday thanks to some airtight pitching. Forest Hills and Clearfield finished up their contest with a 0-0 tie.
Bellefonte's loss ended an 11-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 14-2. With that tie, Forest Hills' record moves to 13-5-1.
Bellefonte came out on top in a nail-biter against Forest Hills when the teams last played back in May of 2018, sneaking past 2-0. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Forest Hills' Adam Cecere, who didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be that much easier for Bellefonte to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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