The North Penn-Liberty Mountie will head out to challenge the Addison Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The last three games North Penn-Liberty has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
North Penn-Liberty can't be too worried about heading out to take on Addison: they just beat Athens at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. The Mountie never let the Wildcats get on the board and left with a 1-0 win on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Mountie have posted since March 27th.
The scorekeeper got an easy start on Wednesday as neither Addison nor Arkport Central/Canaseraga made it on the board until the fifth inning. The Knights fell just short of the Wolves by a score of 4-3. The Knights' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Sophia Hulslander and Ava Knowles stepped up to the plate in a big way. Hulslander went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI, while Knowles went 2-for-4 with one triple, one run, and one RBI. That triple was Knowles' first of the season.
North Penn-Liberty pushed their record up to 10-3 with the win, which was their 16th straight on the road dating back to last season. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.6 runs over those games. As for Addison, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 5-3.
Everything went North Penn-Liberty's way against Addison when the teams last played back in May of 2023, as North Penn-Liberty made off with a 12-3 win. Do the Mountie have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Knights turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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