The Scranton Knights will head out on the road to take on the Delaware Valley Warriors at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Scranton is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses.
Scranton lost 9-3 to Pocono Mountain West on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Delaware Valley had just enough and edged Wallenpaupack Area out 3-2 on Monday.
Keaton Phillips was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits (and only one walk). Phillips has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Phillips was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
In other batting news, Luke Krazewski was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Scranton now has a losing record at 6-7. As for Delaware Valley, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-9.
Scranton couldn't quite finish off Delaware Valley in their previous meeting on April 10th and fell 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Phillips, who struck out six batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Now that Scranton knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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