The Cumberland Colts will take on the Pennsville Memorial Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Cumberland will face Pennsville Memorial after dropping another heartbreaker against Timber Creek Regional on Wednesday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 2.1 of beating them. The Colts fell just short of the Chargers by a score of 4-3. The Colts have struggled against the Chargers recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost meeting.
Meanwhile, Pennsville Memorial entered their tilt with Salem on Wednesday with four consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with five. They put the hurt on the Rams with a sharp 18-1 win. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won five games by six runs or more so far this season.
Savannah Palverento made a big impact no matter where she played. She kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Those eight strikeouts gave her a new career-high. She was also big at the plate, scoring a run while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Kylie Harris was incredible, scoring four runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances. Those four runs gave her a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Avery Watson, who got on base in three of her five plate appearances with three runs, one triple, and one RBI.
Pennsville Memorial's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-2. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Cumberland, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
Cumberland was able to grind out a solid victory over Pennsville Memorial in their previous meeting back in April of 2016, winning 7-2. Will the Colts repeat their success, or do the Eagles have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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