West Scranton is 1-9 against Abington Heights since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The West Scranton Invaders will head out on the road to take on the Abington Heights Comets at 4:30 p.m. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (West Scranton: 4.1, Abington Heights: 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
West Scranton is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 13-12 victory over Scranton Prep on Wednesday. That's two games straight that West Scranton has won by just one run.
Samson Repshis was incredible, scoring three runs while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Jason Selemba, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Abington Heights entered their tilt with Valley View with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They came out on top against the Cougars by a score of 5-2 on Monday.
The team relied heavily on Lincoln Anderson, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Evan Gonzalez was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
West Scranton is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for Abington Heights, they pushed their record up to 16-3 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Tuesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. West Scranton has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Abington Heights struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.1. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
West Scranton suffered a grim 10-3 defeat to Abington Heights when the teams last played two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Abington Heights' Nick Bradley, who struck out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits (and not a single walk). Now that West Scranton 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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