Maplewood is 1-9 against Saegertown since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Maplewood Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Saegertown Panthers at 4:30 p.m. Maplewood will be strutting in after a victory while Saegertown will be coming in after a loss.
Last Saturday, everything went Maplewood's way against Cambridge Springs as Maplewood made off with an 11-1 win. With that victory, Maplewood brought their scoring average up to 6.5 runs per game.
Chase Koelle made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out 11 batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. Koelle has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Koelle was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Andrew Proper, who scored two runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Paul Hirosky, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Saegertown unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of Cochranton by a score of 3-2. Having soared to a lofty 13 runs in the game before, Saegertown couldn't push the score so high this time.
Everett Gardner made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-2.
Maplewood has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 3-3 record this season. As for Saegertown, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1-1.
Maplewood came up short against Saegertown in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, falling 12-8. Can Maplewood avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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