The Parkland Trojans will be playing at home against the Hazleton Area Cougars at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Parkland's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Allentown Central Catholic and snuck past 2-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Parkland.
Michael Kohler tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over 5.1 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Andrew Klotz, who went 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Hazleton Area came tearing into Thursday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Wolfpack with a sharp 10-0 victory. The result was nothing new for Hazleton Area, who have now won four matches by six runs or more so far this season.
Parkland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. As for Hazleton Area, they pushed their record up to 6-3 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home.
Parkland beat Hazleton Area 7-3 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Will Parkland repeat their success, or does Hazleton Area have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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