The Clearfield Bison will head out on the road to square off against the Forest Hills Rangers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
While Clearfield has not struggled against Tyrone recently, they managed to flip the script back in March. Clearfield came out on top in a nail-biter against Tyrone and snuck past 4-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Clearfield.
Clearfield saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matt Irvin, who scored a run while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Anthony Lopez, who scored a run while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Forest Hills got themselves on the board against Westmont Hilltop on Wednesday, but Westmont Hilltop never followed suit. They blew past the Hilltoppers 8-0.
Forest Hills let Jake Yatsky and Tyler Orris loose on the outfield. Yatsky scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Orris scored two runs and stole a base while going 4-for-5. Bryce Roberts was another key contributor, going 3-for-5 with two RBI and a double.
Clearfield now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Forest Hills, their record is now 5-1.
Clearfield beat Forest Hills 7-3 in their previous matchup back in April of 2015. Will Clearfield repeat their success, or does Forest Hills have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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