The Upper Moreland Bears will head out on the road to take on the Wissahickon Trojans at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Upper Moreland's pitching crew has only allowed 2.2 runs per game this season, so Wissahickon's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Upper Moreland is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 17 runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Plymouth Whitemarsh on Thursday. They fell just short of the Colonials by a score of 2-0. The Bears haven't had much luck with the Colonials recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wissahickon). They were the clear victors by a 14-6 margin over Cheltenham on Thursday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
The team relied heavily on Julia Lentz, who went 3-for-5 with one home run, five RBI, and two runs. That home run marked the first that she launched this season. Another player making a difference was Dani Marra, who went 2-for-4 with one home run and three RBI.
Lentz wasn't the only one making solid contact: Wissahickon kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 18 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.
Wissahickon's record now sits at 4-7. As for Upper Moreland, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
Upper Moreland skirted past Wissahickon 6-4 in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Will the Bears repeat their success, or do the Trojans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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