Bald Eagle Area is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Philipsburg-Osceola is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Bald Eagle Area Eagles will take on the Philipsburg-Osceola Mountaineers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Bald Eagle Area is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Westmont Hilltop on Friday as Bald Eagle Area made off with a 15-4 victory. Considering Bald Eagle Area has won four matchups by more than seven runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Sierra Albright tossed a big game, striking out nine batters over five innings while giving up four earned runs off only two hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings every time she's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Sydney Thompson was incredible, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. Another player making a difference was Kendra Uberti, who scored two runs while going 2-for-2.
Meanwhile, Philipsburg-Osceola beat Westmont Hilltop 9-4 on Thursday.
Bald Eagle Area's win bumped their record up to 9-2. As for Philipsburg-Osceola, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.
Bald Eagle Area was able to grind out a solid victory over Philipsburg-Osceola in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, winning 5-0. Does Bald Eagle Area have another victory up their sleeve, or will Philipsburg-Osceola turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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