The West Scranton Invaders will be playing in front of their home fans against the Greater Nanticoke Area Trojans at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
The matchup between West Scranton and North Pocono on Tuesday hardly resembled the 4-0 effort from their previous meeting. West Scranton fell victim to a tough 14-7 defeat at the hands of North Pocono. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for West Scranton in their matchups with North Pocono: they've now lost nine in a row.
Jason Williams made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, West Scranton was hitting in the alleys and finished the game with three doubles. That's the most doubles they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Greater Nanticoke Area didn't have quite enough to beat Holy Redeemer on Thursday and fell 3-2.
Greater Nanticoke Area saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Derek Shemanski, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
West Scranton's defeat dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Greater Nanticoke Area, they dropped their record down to 2-4 with that loss, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
West Scranton came up short against Greater Nanticoke Area in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, falling 10-5. Thankfully for West Scranton, Justin Spencer (who tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits (he also only allowed one walk)) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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