Delaware Valley is 2-8 against Abington Heights since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Delaware Valley Warriors will look to defend their home field against the Abington Heights Comets at 4:30 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.
Delaware Valley lost 8-2 to Riverside on Friday.
Meanwhile, Abington Heights came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.3 runs) and they left with even more momentum. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Buckhorns a 1-0 shutout.
The result came thanks to Jake Lenahan's shutout, as he gave up just two hits and racked up eight Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Delaware Valley's loss dropped their record down to 6-10. As for Abington Heights, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-3.
Delaware Valley might still be hurting after the 6-0 defeat they got from Abington Heights when the teams last played back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Abington Heights' Nick Bradley, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 12 over seven innings pitched. Now that Delaware Valley 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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