The Union City Bears will venture away from home to square off against the Cambridge Springs Devils at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Union City's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Cambridge Springs' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Cambridge Springs will be up against a hot Union City squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. The Bears' pitcher stepped up to hand Iroquois a 4-0 shutout on Tuesday.
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The team relied heavily on Luke Racop, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two doubles, one run, and one RBI. Those two doubles gave him a new career-high. Colt Blakeslee also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cambridge Springs). They blew past Jamestown 16-4 on Thursday. The Devils haven't had any issues with the Mighty Muskies recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.
Union City's record is now 8-4. As for Cambridge Springs, their record now sits at 5-9-1.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Friday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Union City has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Cambridge Springs struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 7.9 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Union City came out on top in a nail-biter against Cambridge Springs in their previous matchup back in March, sneaking past 4-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Bears 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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