Newport is 8-2 against East Juniata since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Newport Buffaloes will be playing at home against the East Juniata Tigers at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Newport has eight straight wins, East Juniata has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Newport stacked a fourth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They blew past Line Mountain 11-1.
Meanwhile, East Juniata fell victim to a rough 13-3 defeat at the hands of Saint Joseph's Catholic Academy on Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that East Juniata has lost by exactly ten runs.
Clark Ritzman and Kolten Martin did some serious damage despite the final result: Ritzman went 1-for-4 with a home run, while Martin went 1-for-3 with a home run.
Even though they lost, East Juniata lost a few balls and finished the game with two home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Newport's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-1. As for East Juniata, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8.
Newport came out on top in a nail-biter against East Juniata when the teams last played last Tuesday, sneaking past 12-11. Does Newport have another victory up their sleeve, or will East Juniata turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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