Baseball Game Preview: Schuylkill Valley Panthers vs. Tulpehocken Trojans

The Schuylkill Valley Panthers will take on the Tulpehocken Trojans at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Schuylkill Valley will be strutting in after a win while Tulpehocken will be coming in after a loss.

Schuylkill Valley will bounce into Wednesday's contest after beating Brandywine Heights Area, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Schuylkill Valley came out on top against Brandywine Heights Area by a score of 8-3 on Monday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.

Logan Nawrocki

Runs

03/31/25 @ Brandywine Heights Area	2
03/28/25 vs Pequea Valley	2
03/24/25 vs Antietam	2

Schuylkill Valley's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Logan Nawrocki, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Nawrocki has become a key player for Schuylkill Valley: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 0-5 otherwise. Chase Keller also deserves some recognition as he scored his first run of the season.

Meanwhile, Tulpehocken came up short against Wyomissing on Monday and fell 9-6. The Trojans haven't had much luck with the Spartans recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.

Aaron Wilson and Hank Gehman did some serious damage despite the final result: Wilson scored two runs while going 2-for-2, while Gehman scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-1. The team also got some help courtesy of Logan Coderre, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two RBI.

Even though they lost, Tulpehocken was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .467. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Schuylkill Valley's win bumped their record up to 3-5. As for Tulpehocken, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-3.

Schuylkill Valley suffered a grim 8-1 defeat to Tulpehocken when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Can Schuylkill Valley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.