The Easton Area Rovers will stay at home for another game and welcome the Bethlehem Catholic Hawks at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Easton Area will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Easton Area lost 15-7 to Abington Heights on Saturday.
Easton Area got a good showing from Gavin Gruber, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
Even though they lost, Easton Area didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Abington Heights only tossed four.
Meanwhile, Bethlehem Catholic unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of Nazareth Area by a score of 9-8. The defeat continues a trend for Bethlehem Catholic in their matchups with Nazareth Area: they've now lost three in a row.
Easton Area dropped their record down to 6-12 with that loss, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Bethlehem Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-7.
Easton Area came up short against Bethlehem Catholic in their previous meeting two weeks ago, falling 11-7. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bethlehem Catholic's Collin Peacock, who scored four runs and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Now that Easton Area knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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