Scranton and West Scranton are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The Scranton Knights will look to defend their home field on Friday against the West Scranton Invaders at 7:00 p.m.
Scranton's hitters might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against North Pocono on Wednesday. They lost 10-0 to the Trojans. The match marked the first time this season in which Scranton was not able to get on the board.
Meanwhile, West Scranton scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Scranton Prep 13-12. The win was nothing new for West Scranton as they're now sitting on three straight.
The team relied heavily on Samson Repshis, who scored three runs while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Jason Williams, who scored three runs while going 3-for-4.
Scranton has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-10 record this season. As for West Scranton, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season.
Scranton couldn't quite finish off West Scranton in their previous meeting back in April and fell 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of West Scranton's AJ Levandoski, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out ten over six innings pitched. Now that Scranton knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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