Shamokin Area is 1-9 against Central Mountain since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Shamokin Area Indians will look to defend their home field against the Central Mountain Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Shamokin Area is is headed into Monday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game on Friday. They fell 7-3 to Selinsgrove. That's two games in a row now that Shamokin Area has lost by exactly four runs.
Shamokin Area saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hayden Karlovich, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Central Mountain's offense. They took a 3-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Bald Eagle Area on Thursday. The game marked the first time this season in which Central Mountain was not able to get on the board.
Gage Laughner spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned runs on four hits.
Shamokin Area's loss dropped their record down to 2-12. As for Central Mountain, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-3.
Shamokin Area suffered a grim 12-2 defeat to Central Mountain when the teams last played last Friday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Central Mountain's Gavin Bower, who pitched five innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Now that Shamokin 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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