Baseball Preview: Easthampton/Hampshire Eagles vs. Pioneer Valley Regional Panthers
The Easthampton/Hampshire Eagles will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against the Pioneer Valley Regional Panthers at 4:00 p.m. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Easthampton/Hampshire's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Greenfield on Friday. They suffered a rough 10-0 loss at the hands of the Green Wave. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Easthampton/Hampshire in their matchups with Greenfield: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Pioneer Valley Regional unfortunately witnessed the end of their eight-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of Oakmont Regional by a score of 6-4.
Braeden Tsipenyuk was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Easthampton/Hampshire now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Pioneer Valley Regional, their loss ended an 11-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 8-1.
Easthampton/Hampshire might still be hurting after the 11-0 defeat they got from Pioneer Valley Regional in their previous meeting on April 2nd. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pioneer Valley Regional's Ben Werner, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over five innings pitched. Now that Easthampton/Hampshire knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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