The Pottsgrove Falcons are on the road again on Thursday to play the Upper Merion Area Vikings at 4:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Pottsgrove's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Owen J. Roberts on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 1-0.
Carter Burg spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on five hits and racked up six Ks.
On the hitting side, Pottsgrove saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ricky Scott, who went 2-for-3 with two doubles.
Meanwhile, Upper Merion Area also failed to score in their most recent game. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Boyertown on Wednesday. Upper Merion Area has not had much luck with Boyertown recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Quintin Sarne was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits.
Even though they lost, Upper Merion Area didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. This was only their eighth loss (out of 11 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Pottsgrove has been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last 11 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-11 record this season. As for Upper Merion Area, their record now sits at 4-11.
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