Baseball Preview: Quakertown Panthers vs. Wissahickon Trojans
Quakertown is 8-2 against Wissahickon since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Quakertown Panthers will look to defend their home field against the Wissahickon Trojans at 6:30 p.m. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
After a string of four wins, Quakertown's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They fell just short of Plymouth Whitemarsh by a score of 7-6. Quakertown has not had much luck with Plymouth Whitemarsh recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Dan Qualteria made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in four of his seven plate appearances. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Caleb Everitt, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-6.
Even though they lost, Quakertown didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 14 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Wissahickon pushed their score to 15 the last time they played William Tennent, but on Thursday they couldn't quite do it again. Wissahickon fell just short of William Tennent by a score of 2-1. Wissahickon has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Quakertown's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Wissahickon, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Quakertown skirted past Wissahickon 4-3 in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Will Quakertown repeat their success, or does Wissahickon have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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