Tunkhannock is 10-0 against Wyoming Valley West since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Tunkhannock Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the Wyoming Valley West Spartans at 4:15 p.m. Tunkhannock is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.5 runs per game this season.
Tunkhannock can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent game on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Dallas as Tunkhannock made off with a 16-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Tunkhannock.
Lucy Karp was a standout: she went 3-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and a double. Another player making a difference was MaKenzie Bevan, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Wyoming Valley West was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Dallas by a score of 9-8. That's two games in a row now that Wyoming Valley West has lost by just one run.
Madison Austra and Kyla Hand did some serious damage despite the final result: Austra went 3-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, and a double, while Hand fired off two home runs, three runs, and three RBI while going 2-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Riley Lynch, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Wyoming Valley West lost a few balls and finished the game with three home runs. That's the most home runs they've managed all season.
Tunkhannock's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-4. As for Wyoming Valley West, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-9.
Wyoming Valley West's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Thursday. Tunkhannock has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.1 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Wyoming Valley West, though, as they've been averaging only 2.8. Will Tunkhannock keep running through batters, or will Wyoming Valley West buck the trend?
Everything went Tunkhannock's way against Wyoming Valley West when the teams last played back in April as Tunkhannock made off with a 12-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Tunkhannock since the squad 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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