The Abington Galloping Ghosts will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Upper Dublin Cardinals at 3:45 p.m. Abington is looking for their season?s first victory.
Last Thursday, Abington came up short against Hatboro-Horsham and fell 6-2.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Upper Dublin had to settle for a 7-5 defeat against Bristol on Friday.
Kyla Garrison was huge no matter where she played even without the win. She struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and five unearned) runs off seven hits. Garrison has been consistent recently: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Garrison was also big at the plate, going 4-for-4 with two RBI.
In other batting news, Kaitlyn Zacharia was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4.
Even though they lost, Upper Dublin didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bristol only tossed six.
Abington's loss dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Upper Dublin, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-8.
Abington came up short against Upper Dublin when the teams last played back in April, falling 5-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Garrison, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 17 over seven innings pitched. Now that Abington knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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