The Upper Dublin Cardinals will head out on the road to take on the Abington Galloping Ghosts at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Upper Dublin will head into Friday's game out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Friday after soaring to a 11-run contest in their last game. They fell just short of Bristol by a score of 7-5.
Kyla Garrison was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. She struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and five unearned) runs off seven hits. Garrison has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Garrison was also big at the plate, going 4-for-4 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Kaitlyn Zacharia made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Even though they lost, Upper Dublin didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bristol only tossed six.
Meanwhile, Abington is still looking for their season's first win. They took a 6-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Hatboro-Horsham on Thursday.
Upper Dublin's record is now 9-8. As for Abington, their record is now 0-7.
Upper Dublin beat Abington 5-0 in their previous meeting back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for Upper Dublin since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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