Baseball Preview: Hazleton Area Cougars vs. Dallas Mountaineers
Hazleton Area is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Dallas is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Hazleton Area Cougars will take on the Dallas Mountaineers at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Hazleton Area is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Tunkhannock 17-2. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Meanwhile, Dallas made easy work of Wilkes-Barre on Monday and carried off a 17-4 win.
Peyton Vanvalkenburg made a splash no matter where he played. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Vanvalkenburg was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-2.
In other batting news, Dallas got a massive performance out of Zach Paczewski, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Paczewski continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. Another player making a difference was JJ Rischawy, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4.
Hazleton Area is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Dallas, their victory bumped their record up to 8-1.
Hazleton Area skirted past Dallas 3-1 in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Will Hazleton Area repeat their success, or does Dallas have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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