Bald Eagle Area waltzed into their match on Monday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Philipsburg-Osceola Mountaineers 4-2. That's more bragging rights for Bald Eagle Area, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Philipsburg-Osceola's batters probably weren't too happy with Sierra Albright, who pitched a no hitter and racked up 15 Ks (she gave up a single walk). Albright has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings every time she's pitched this season.
At the plate, Bald Eagle Area's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Ava Stere, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Kailey Eckert, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Bald Eagle Area pushed their record up to 10-2 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Philipsburg-Osceola, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-5.
Bald Eagle Area will head out on the road to square off against Clearfield at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Clearfield is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season. As for Philipsburg-Osceola, they will head out on the road to challenge Tyrone at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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