The Belle Vernon Leopards will face off against the South Park Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
South Park will be up against a hot Belle Vernon team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Belle Vernon's pitcher stepped up to hand Uniontown a 12-0 shutout on Thursday. Fans of the Leopards have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 6+ runs.
Lucas Judy made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out 12 over six innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in walks (zero). He was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with three RBI and one double.
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In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Cole Matusik, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run, two runs, and one triple. Matusik is also crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's snagged at least one every time he's taken the field this season. Another player making a difference was Kole Doppelheuer, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Belle Vernon was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .407. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .407 or higher every time they've taken the field this season.
Meanwhile, after only two runs in their last matchup, South Park made sure to put some runs up on the board against California on Tuesday. South Park put the hurt on California with a sharp 10-0 victory.
South Park's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Belle Vernon, their victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-0.
Belle Vernon suffered a grim 12-5 defeat to South Park in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Will Belle Vernon have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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