North Schuylkill is 8-2 against Pine Grove since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The North Schuylkill Spartans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Pine Grove Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
North Schuylkill will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up two runs on Thursday, then bounced right back against Our Lady of Lourdes Regional on Monday. North Schuylkill blew past Our Lady of Lourdes Regional 18-2. For those curious, yes, that was the biggest victory North Schuylkill has managed all season.
Meanwhile, Pine Grove had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by an 11-1 margin over the Crimson Tide.
Chelcy Clark tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Pine Grove got a massive performance out of Callee Leffler, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Leffler has been hot recently, having posted at least one triple the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Hannah Aungst, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI, a triple, and a run.
North Schuylkill's win bumped their record up to 8-5. As for Pine Grove, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season.
North Schuylkill came out on top in a nail-biter against Pine Grove in their previous meeting back in April, sneaking past 7-5. Does North Schuylkill have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pine Grove turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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