The Tunkhannock Tigers will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Greater Nanticoke Area Trojans at 11:00 a.m. Tunkhannock will be strutting in after a win while Greater Nanticoke Area will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with 12 losses in a row, Tunkhannock finally turned things around against Berwick on Tuesday. Tunkhannock had just enough and edged Berwick out 5-3.
Colin Gregory was incredible, going 2-for-2 with three RBI, a triple, and a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Greater Nanticoke Area wound up with the same score they had in their last game (6-5), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time.
Derek Miller was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit (and only one walk). Miller was also big at the plate, going 2-for-2 with two RBI.
Miller wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Brandon Wozniak, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Tunkhannock's victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-13. As for Greater Nanticoke Area, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-9.
Everything went Tunkhannock's way against Greater Nanticoke Area in their previous meeting back in March of 2023 as Tunkhannock made off with an 11-4 win. Will Tunkhannock repeat their success, or does Greater Nanticoke Area have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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