Baseball Game Preview: Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley vs. Keystone Panthers

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Previous 3 Games

04/30/24 - Home	4-3 W
05/15/23 - Home	19-7 W
05/15/23 - Home	16-1 W

Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley has gone a perfect 3-0 against Keystone recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley will head out on the road to challenge Keystone at 4:15 p.m. Neither Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley nor Keystone posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.

Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley fell victim to Karns City and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They took a 4-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Gremlins. The defeat continues a trend for Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley in their meetings with Karns City: they've now lost three in a row.

Meanwhile, Keystone was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They lost 13-2 to Redbank Valley.

Keystone saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Talon Wilson, who went 1-for-3 with one triple, one run, and one RBI. That triple was Wilson's first of the season. Aidan Tharan was another, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with one run.

Keystone's defeat dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 7-6-1.

Keystone's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Wednesday. Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.9 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Keystone, though, as they've been averaging only 4.1 strikeouts. Will Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley keep running through batters, or will Keystone buck the trend?

Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley skirted past Keystone 4-3 in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for Union/Allegheny-Clarion Valley since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.