West Branch has been on the road for two straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Poland Seminary Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (West Branch: 3.3, Poland Seminary: 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
West Branch's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Cardinal Mooney 1-0. Despite the victory, that was the fewest runs West Branch has scored all season.
Meanwhile, Poland Seminary put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They blew past Springfield 13-0. Poland Seminary's win was all the more impressive since Springfield was averaging only 4.08 runs allowed on the season.
The team relied heavily on Matthew Boccieri, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Michael Chambers, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
West Branch has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. As for Poland Seminary, their victory bumped their record up to 16-3.
West Branch came out on top in a nail-biter against Poland Seminary in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, sneaking past 7-6. Will West Branch repeat their success, or does Poland Seminary have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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