The Jim Thorpe Olympians will head out on the road to face off against the Pottsville Crimson Tide at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The pair have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Jim Thorpe and four for Pottsville.
Jim Thorpe will head into Tuesday's game ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played on Saturday but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Tuesday was a bit more commanding. They lost 12-4 to Tamaqua.
Jim Thorpe saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matthew Domski, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3. Domski has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, Pottsville came up short against Pine Grove on Tuesday and fell 4-1. That's two games in a row now that Pottsville has lost by exactly three runs.
Jim Thorpe's loss dropped their record down to 5-13. As for Pottsville, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 5-13.
Jim Thorpe came up short against Pottsville in their previous matchup back in April, falling 10-5. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pottsville's Luke Schane, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over six innings pitched. Now that Jim Thorpe 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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