The Abington Heights Comets will head out on the road to take on the Easton Area Rovers at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Abington Heights is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.6 runs per game this season.
Abington Heights is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Saturday, just like they did against West Scranton (and have done all season long). Abington Heights was the clear victor by a 10-3 margin over West Scranton on Wednesday. Abington Heights' win was all the more impressive since West Scranton was averaging only 3.87 runs allowed on the season.
Nick Bradley was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off six hits (and not a single walk). Bradley has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Bradley was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in two of his four plate appearances with two RBI.
In other batting news, Jake Lenahan and Mark Nazar did most of the damage at the plate: Lenahan scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Nazar scored two runs while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Thomas LaCoe, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Easton Area was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They fell just short of Phillipsburg by a score of 5-4.
Stephen Ricicki was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off eight hits (and only one walk).
On the hitting side, Easton Area saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chase Shollenberger, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-2.
Even though they lost, Easton Area didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with six strikeouts. This was only their ninth loss (out of 14 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
The victory made it two in a row for Abington Heights and bumps their season record up to 11-3. As for Easton Area, their loss dropped their record down to 6-11.
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