Quakertown is 8-1 against Plymouth Whitemarsh since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Quakertown Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Plymouth Whitemarsh Colonials at 3:45 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Quakertown sitting on 14 straight victories and Plymouth Whitemarsh on 11.
Quakertown is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Thursday, just like they did against Upper Dublin (and have done all season long). Quakertown was the clear victor by an 11-1 margin over Upper Dublin on Tuesday. 11 seems to be a good number for Quakertown as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Abbey Wagner spent all six innings played on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered one run (which was unearned) on three hits and racked up seven Ks.
On the hitting side, Ava Beal was incredible, going 1-for-3 with a home run, three stolen bases, and two runs. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Leah Schwalm was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a home run.
Meanwhile, Plymouth Whitemarsh sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 victory over Abington on Tuesday.
Plymouth Whitemarsh also let their pitcher toss all seven innings and she was also dialed-in: Madison Moran gave up just two earned runs on four hits and racked up ten Ks.
At the plate, Plymouth Whitemarsh's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Marissa Perez, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Quakertown's victory was their 16th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 14-0. As for Plymouth Whitemarsh, their win bumped their record up to 13-2.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Thursday. Quakertown hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.6 home runs per game. However, it's not like Plymouth Whitemarsh struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.7. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Everything went Quakertown's way against Plymouth Whitemarsh in their previous meeting back in March as Quakertown made off with a 9-2 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Quakertown since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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