Bangor has been on the road for two straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Saucon Valley Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Bangor is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
Bangor will head into Wednesday's match ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Notre Dame-Green Pond on Wednesday, but the two-run margin was a huge improvement compared to the seven-run loss they were dealt on Saturday. Bangor fell just short of Notre Dame-Green Pond by a score of 8-6.
Bangor saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Blake Kornafel, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Saucon Valley had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Green Knights a 10-0 shutout.
Cole Hubert made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over four innings pitched. Hubert has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than nine strikeouts in eight consecutive pitching appearances. Hubert was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Karter Beller, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Landon Beckowski was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4.
Bangor now has a losing record at 8-9. As for Saucon Valley, their win bumped their record up to 8-6.
Bangor came out on top in a nail-biter against Saucon Valley when the teams last played back in May of 2023, sneaking past 7-5. Will Bangor repeat their success, or does Saucon Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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