Baseball Game Preview: Loyalsock Township Lancers vs. Bloomsburg Panthers

By Team Reports Apr 1, 2025, 1:13am

Baseball Preview: Loyalsock Township Lancers vs. Bloomsburg Panthers

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Previous Games

05/01/24 - Home15-0 W
04/12/24 - Away12-1 W
05/03/23 - Away4-8 L
04/21/23 - Away5-0 W
04/29/22 - Away14-5 W
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Loyalsock Township is 9-1 against Bloomsburg since April of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Wednesday. Loyalsock Township will venture away from home to take on Bloomsburg at 4:30 p.m. Loyalsock Township will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.

Loyalsock Township is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Sayre 16-1 on Monday. The Lancers haven't had any issues with the Redskins recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.

Drake Dupont and Chase Wright did most of the damage at the plate: Dupont went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, one triple, and one RBI, while Wright went a perfect 1-for-1 with one home run and three RBI. Kayden Keefer was another key player, scoring two runs while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.

Loyalsock Township always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .652. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their OBP total in three consecutive contests.

Meanwhile, Bloomsburg was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Central Columbia. That's two games in a row now that the Panthers have lost by exactly three runs.

Bloomsburg saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brady Hendricks, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one RBI. That RBI was Hendricks' first of the season.

Loyalsock Township's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-3. As for Bloomsburg, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.

Bloomsburg's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Loyalsock Township hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .327. It's a different story for Bloomsburg, though, as they've only averaged .204. Will they be able to contain Loyalsock Township's hitters?

Everything went Loyalsock Township's way against Bloomsburg when the teams last played back in May of 2024, as Loyalsock Township made off with a 15-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Loyalsock Township since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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