Great day for some baseball....schedule is a little light today but some interesting games.
Archmere (3-1) @ Concord (2-3). After three straight wins Archmere lost a tough game to St Marks 8-3. Orzel and Lynch are pitching well for Arch. Before the ST Marks game they no one had scored more than 2 runs. Arch is scoring nearly 5 runs per game. Concord was 2-1 with close wins over Hodgson and CR, but have lost 2 straight games to Mtown and then a disappointing loss to Charter 10-8. Concord has been hitting the ball. With the exception of the shutout at the hands of Mtown, they are averaging over 6 runs per game. The defense has been a little shaky allowing close to 6 runs per game. Arch had to come from behind in 2015 to beat Concord in a shootout win 11-7. Could be a good game if Orzel is on the mound against Concords bats. I always like good pitching over good hitting.
Dickinson (0-4) @ McKean (1-1). With the weather, Dickinson hasn’t been on the field in about 8 days. Prior to that they have not faired well. They have only scored 3 runs total in four games and have allowed 60 runs. McKean also hadn’t been on the field in 8 days. They started they season with a 10-run win over Howard, then got beat by 10-run by DEPSS. Not sure about McKean, but it seems Dickinson is really struggling.
Newark Charter (2-3) @ Mt Pleasant (1-2). In Newark Charter’s first four games they played well in two losses to Appo & Archmere and had close wins against Charter and Tatnall. But then they came out last week and got smoked by Conrad 11-0. Chopko and Dorr had been pitching well up until then for NC. Mt P had started out easy with a big win over Dickinson, but got smacked around a little by DMA & Appo allowing 22 runs in those two games. These are two POTENTIAL playoff teams but with difficult schedules…it will interesting to see who takes a step forward with this game.
Sanford (0-5) @ Tatnall (3-2). Sanford hasn’t been close in any of their games this year besides the Westtown game. Sadly, even though Sanford has a weak schedule, they don’t have a lot of chances for wins this year. They are allowing almost 13 runs per game and in the last 4 games have only scored 4 total runs. Tatnall has actually played well thus far. After two games with Friends and Newark Charter losing by a single run, they have won three straight games including winning the Tiger Classic with a win over St E in the championship game.
Wm Penn (1-3) @ St E (3-3). After an 0-3 start only scoring 3 total runs, Wm Penn exploded on Newark winning 13-1. St E has played well with the exception of the two games against St Marks getting blown out. But then over the weekend St E got upset by Tatnall losing the Tiger Classic championship game to Tatnall.
Sussex Central (2-3) @ Caesar Rodney (3-3). Central has yet to win an in-state game. They are 0-3 in the conference and need wins if they have any thoughts sneaking into the playoffs. CR after a 1-3 start has won 2 straight games in conference, getting their overall record to par at 3-3, but more importantly 3-1 in the conference has them only 1 game back for the lead. So this is an important, must win game for both teams. Central has won the last 3 straight over CR, including 8-4 last year.
Archmere (3-1) @ Concord (2-3). After three straight wins Archmere lost a tough game to St Marks 8-3. Orzel and Lynch are pitching well for Arch. Before the ST Marks game they no one had scored more than 2 runs. Arch is scoring nearly 5 runs per game. Concord was 2-1 with close wins over Hodgson and CR, but have lost 2 straight games to Mtown and then a disappointing loss to Charter 10-8. Concord has been hitting the ball. With the exception of the shutout at the hands of Mtown, they are averaging over 6 runs per game. The defense has been a little shaky allowing close to 6 runs per game. Arch had to come from behind in 2015 to beat Concord in a shootout win 11-7. Could be a good game if Orzel is on the mound against Concords bats. I always like good pitching over good hitting.
Dickinson (0-4) @ McKean (1-1). With the weather, Dickinson hasn’t been on the field in about 8 days. Prior to that they have not faired well. They have only scored 3 runs total in four games and have allowed 60 runs. McKean also hadn’t been on the field in 8 days. They started they season with a 10-run win over Howard, then got beat by 10-run by DEPSS. Not sure about McKean, but it seems Dickinson is really struggling.
Newark Charter (2-3) @ Mt Pleasant (1-2). In Newark Charter’s first four games they played well in two losses to Appo & Archmere and had close wins against Charter and Tatnall. But then they came out last week and got smoked by Conrad 11-0. Chopko and Dorr had been pitching well up until then for NC. Mt P had started out easy with a big win over Dickinson, but got smacked around a little by DMA & Appo allowing 22 runs in those two games. These are two POTENTIAL playoff teams but with difficult schedules…it will interesting to see who takes a step forward with this game.
Sanford (0-5) @ Tatnall (3-2). Sanford hasn’t been close in any of their games this year besides the Westtown game. Sadly, even though Sanford has a weak schedule, they don’t have a lot of chances for wins this year. They are allowing almost 13 runs per game and in the last 4 games have only scored 4 total runs. Tatnall has actually played well thus far. After two games with Friends and Newark Charter losing by a single run, they have won three straight games including winning the Tiger Classic with a win over St E in the championship game.
Wm Penn (1-3) @ St E (3-3). After an 0-3 start only scoring 3 total runs, Wm Penn exploded on Newark winning 13-1. St E has played well with the exception of the two games against St Marks getting blown out. But then over the weekend St E got upset by Tatnall losing the Tiger Classic championship game to Tatnall.
Sussex Central (2-3) @ Caesar Rodney (3-3). Central has yet to win an in-state game. They are 0-3 in the conference and need wins if they have any thoughts sneaking into the playoffs. CR after a 1-3 start has won 2 straight games in conference, getting their overall record to par at 3-3, but more importantly 3-1 in the conference has them only 1 game back for the lead. So this is an important, must win game for both teams. Central has won the last 3 straight over CR, including 8-4 last year.
