After five games on the road, Bucktail is heading back home. They will take on the South Williamsport Mountaineers at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Bucktail will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Monday, then bounced right back against Sugar Valley Rural on Tuesday. Bucktail was the clear victor by a 22-4 margin over Sugar Valley Rural.
Eva Sockman and Makenna Stone made a splash while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Sockman tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Stone tossed two innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit. At bat, Sockman went 3-for-4 with a home run, eight RBI, and three runs, while Stone scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Lola English was a standout: she got on base in three of her four plate appearances with a home run, four runs, and four RBI. Another player making a difference was Makenzie Wagner, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, four runs, and two RBI.
Meanwhile, South Williamsport's hitters rose to the challenge against a Mustangs pitching crew that boasted an average of only 3.44 runs allowed on Monday. Everything went South Williamsport's way against Midd-West as South Williamsport made off with a 13-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for South Williamsport.
Bucktail's win bumped their record up to 10-2. As for South Williamsport, they pushed their record up to 10-2 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Bucktail suffered a grim 9-1 defeat to South Williamsport in their previous meeting back in May of 2015. Can Bucktail avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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