The Karns City Gremlins will be playing in front of their home fans against the West Shamokin Wolves at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Karns City is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.2 runs per game this season.
In what's become a running theme this season, Karns City gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. They blew past Cranberry Area 13-2. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Karns City considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
The team relied heavily on Joey O?Donnell, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Kelly, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, West Shamokin was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They fell just short of Homer-Center by a score of 2-0. The contest marked the first time this year in which West Shamokin was not able to get on the board.
West Shamokin saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nevan Smulik, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Karns City is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. As for West Shamokin, their loss dropped their record down to 6-10.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Thursday as neither team is afraid to steal. Karns City has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3.7 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like West Shamokin struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.8. The only question left is which team can snag more. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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