Hazleton Area had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged the Dallas Mountaineers out 4-3. That's more bragging rights for Hazleton Area, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
For Dallas' part, they saw eight different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was JJ Rischawy, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Hazleton Area is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Dallas, their defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 9-3.
Hazleton Area will head out on the road to challenge Wilkes-Barre at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hazleton Area is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road. As for Dallas, they will stay at home for another game and welcome Tunkhannock at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Dallas is facing Tunkhannock at the right time seeing as Tunkhannock is stuck on an 11-game losing streak.
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