Southern Columbia Area is 8-2 against Bloomsburg since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Southern Columbia Area Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Bloomsburg Panthers at 4:30 p.m. Neither Southern Columbia Area nor Bloomsburg posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Last Friday, Southern Columbia Area came up short against Mount Carmel and fell 6-1. Southern Columbia Area has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Caden Hopper put in work no matter where he played. He struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and five unearned) runs off five hits. Hopper was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
In other pitching news, Southern Columbia Area got a good showing from Levi Everitt, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
Hopper wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Brayden Andrews, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and an RBI. Andrews is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's stolen at least one every time he's taken the field this season.
Meanwhile, sadly, Bloomsburg is still looking for their first win of the season after five matchups. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 15-0 walloping at the hands of Warrior Run on Friday. The game marked that first time this year in which Bloomsburg was not able to get on the board.
Southern Columbia Area now has a losing record at 1-2-1. As for Bloomsburg, their record is now 0-5.
Bloomsburg's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Monday. Southern Columbia Area has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 11.3 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Bloomsburg, though, as they've been averaging only 3.8. Will Southern Columbia Area keep running through batters, or will Bloomsburg buck the trend?
Everything went Southern Columbia Area's way against Bloomsburg in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 as Southern Columbia Area made off with a 16-2 win. Will Southern Columbia Area repeat their success, or does Bloomsburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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