The Ferndale Yellow Jackets will stay at home for another game and welcome the Greater Johnstown Trojans at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Ferndale will be strutting in after a win while Greater Johnstown will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Monday, it was close, but Ferndale sidestepped Turkeyfoot Valley Area for a 5-4 victory.
The team relied heavily on Danny Fesko, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Connor Hrivnak, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Greater Johnstown is still looking for their season's first win. They lost 11-1 to Somerset on Monday.
Greater Johnstown saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Casey Barrett, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Ferndale's win bumped their record up to 2-11. As for Greater Johnstown, their loss dropped their record down to 0-16.
Greater Johnstown's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Wednesday. Ferndale has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.2 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Greater Johnstown, though, as they've been averaging only 3.1. Will Ferndale keep running through batters, or will Greater Johnstown buck the trend?
Ferndale came up short against Greater Johnstown in their previous meeting back in May of 2018, falling 8-4. Thankfully for Ferndale, Zachary Slis (who tossed five innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits) 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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