The Pocono Mountain East Cardinals will head out on the road to challenge the Emmaus Hornets at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Pocono Mountain East is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.
Pocono Mountain East is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Pocono Mountain West 17-9. Considering Pocono Mountain East has won six matches by more than seven runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Justin Williams was incredible, going 3-for-4 with six RBI, two runs, and a triple. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Martinez, who went 3-for-5 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Emmaus' offense. They lost 12-0 to Parkland on Thursday. Having soared to a lofty 15 runs in the game before, Emmaus' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Pocono Mountain East has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for Emmaus, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-7.
Pocono Mountain East couldn't quite finish off Emmaus in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 and fell 6-4. Thankfully for Pocono Mountain East, Ryan Latchford (who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over five innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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