The Bishop McCort Crushers are taking a road trip to face off against the Somerset Eagles at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Bishop McCort took a ten-run defeat the last time they faced off against Bellefonte, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. The Crushers narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Raiders 6-5.
Meanwhile, after only one run in their last game, Somerset made sure to put some runs up on the board against Bishop Carroll on Thursday. The Eagles' pitchers stepped up to hand the Huskies a 14-0 shutout. Considering the Eagles have won eight contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Somerset let Zane Hagans and Kahne Foltz run wild. Hagans went 1-for-3 with three RBI, one triple, and one run, while Foltz went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI. That triple marked the first that Hagans has hit this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Max Means, who went 1-for-2 with two runs and one RBI.
Somerset was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .393. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bishop Carroll only posted a batting average of .111.
Bishop McCort is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.3 runs over those games. As for Somerset, they pushed their record up to 10-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Bishop McCort suffered a grim 10-2 defeat to Somerset when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Can the Crushers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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