Susquenita hasn't had much luck against East Juniata recently, but that could start to change on Friday. Susquenita will hit the road for the first time this season to challenge East Juniata at 4:30 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
While Susquenita's victory against Greenwood wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. Susquenita won by a run and slipped past Greenwood 6-5. The Blackhawks haven't had any issues with the Wildcats recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive win against them.
Susquenita's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Galen Wenrich, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Those two hits gave Wenrich a new career-high. Jon Erdossy was another, going a perfect 1-for-1 with one stolen base and one RBI.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when East Juniata and Saint Joseph's Catholic Academy meet (three straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Monday. East Juniata walked away with a 14-10 win over Saint Joseph's Catholic Academy.
Owen Messimer was excellent, scoring two runs while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Meyer Ramsey, who scored two runs while going 1-for-4.
Susquenita pushed their record up to 2-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for East Juniata, the victory got them back to even at 1-1.
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