Central Bucks West is 1-9 against North Penn since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Central Bucks West Bucks will head out on the road to face off against the North Penn Knights at 4:00 p.m. The last seven games Central Bucks West has played (dating back to last season) have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Central Bucks West took a loss when they played away from home back in April, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They won by a run and slipped past Pennsbury 9-8. Central Bucks West's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Meanwhile, North Penn had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.4 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They beat the Rams by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 15-0. Considering North Penn has won five games by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Gianna Cimino was a standout: she scored four runs while going 2-for-3. Casey Sokol was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
The win got Central Bucks West back to even at 2-2. As for North Penn, their victory was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-2.
Central Bucks West skirted past North Penn 6-5 in their previous matchup back in March. Will Central Bucks West repeat their success, or does North Penn have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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