Cranberry Area is 1-7 against Karns City since May of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Cranberry Area Berries will head out on the road to take on the Karns City Gremlins at 5:30 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Cranberry Area is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Venango Catholic a 23-0 shutout on Saturday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
The team relied heavily on Cole Findlay, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Peyton Sloan was another key contributor, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Karns City waltzed into their contest on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They skirted past the Warriors 6-5.
Mason Sherwin was excellent, scoring three runs while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Hobie Bartoe, who scored a run while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Cranberry Area's win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-11. As for Karns City, they pushed their record up to 13-2 with that victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Cranberry Area suffered a grim 13-2 defeat to Karns City when the teams last played last Wednesday. Can Cranberry Area avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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