The Abington Heights Comets will head out on the road to challenge the Freedom Patriots at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Wednesday, Abington Heights made easy work of West Scranton and carried off a 14-3 win. The Comets have beaten the Invaders the last six times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Invaders has come to flipping the script.
Laurenp Stalica made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off one hit. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts any time she's pitched this season. She was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with one home run and three RBI.
Cecelia O'Malley
| 04/09/25 @ West Scranton | 2 |
| 04/04/25 @ Valley View | 1 |
| 04/02/25 vs Scranton | 1 |
| 05/11/24 vs North Pocono | 1 |
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Cecelia O'Malley, who scored three runs while going 3-for-4. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in doubles (two). Isabelle Wilmot was another key player, going 2-for-3 with three runs, one triple, and one RBI.
Abington Heights was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .407. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as West Scranton only posted a batting average of .059.
Meanwhile, Freedom had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.5 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Hawks with a sharp 17-2 victory. The result was nothing new for the Patriots, who have now won five matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
Freedom's win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-2. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Abington Heights, their record now sits at 3-1.
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