{"id":155127,"date":"2026-04-02T06:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/155127\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T06:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T06:17:13","slug":"west-scranton-invaders-vs-wyoming-valley-west-spartans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/155127\/","title":{"rendered":"West Scranton Invaders vs. Wyoming Valley West Spartans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:1\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/pa\/scranton\/west-scranton-invaders\/softball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">West Scranton Invaders<\/a> will square off against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/pa\/plymouth\/wyoming-valley-west-spartans\/softball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wyoming Valley West Spartans<\/a> at 4:30  p.m.  on Thursday. West Scranton is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they&#8217;ve averaged 8.8  runs per game  this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:2\">On Tuesday, West Scranton got the win against Delaware Valley  by a conclusive  11-1. That&#8217;s two games straight that the Invaders have won by  exactly ten  runs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:3\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/pa\/scranton\/west-scranton-invaders\/athletes\/kaleiah-connor\/?careerid=82dkp42potb55\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Kaleiah Connor<\/a> made a big impact no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound,   striking out seven batters over  seven innings while giving up just one earned run off   seven  hits. Connor was also solid in the batter&#8217;s box,  going 3-for-4 with one  run and one  double. Those  three  hits gave  her a new career-high.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"IDce98761ca790462faff64893b765cbc9\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;border-radius:24px;\" class=\"infosentience-float-left \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775110633_224_a29db514-c300-4bc1-8820-e76843f52385.gif\" alt=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display=\" none=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"ID078f4991555446ddb9c14201131e5693\" style=\"color:#000000;margin-left:10px;margin-right:10px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:12px;font-family:Siro-Semibold,Siro;font-size:16px !important;font-weight:500;\" class=\"infosentience-standard-text infosentience-float-left \" tabindex=\"-1\"> Sydney Williamns<\/p>\n<p>03\/31\/26 @ Delaware Valley203\/25\/26 @ Hazleton Area103\/13\/26 @ Wilkes-Barre105\/19\/25 vs Wyoming Valley West104\/28\/25 @ Delaware Valley1<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:4\"> In other batting news, West Scranton let <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/pa\/scranton\/west-scranton-invaders\/athletes\/mia-tallo\/?careerid=0ljb2ma1uk233\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Mia Tallo<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/pa\/scranton\/west-scranton-invaders\/athletes\/sydney-williamns\/?careerid=ke8cig7u7umdd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Sydney Williamns<\/a> run wild. Tallo  went 3-for-4 with four  RBI and two  runs, while  Williamns  went 3-for-5 with three  runs, two  doubles,  and two  RBI. Those  two  doubles gave  Williamns a new career-high. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/pa\/scranton\/west-scranton-invaders\/athletes\/laney-mackie\/?careerid=flq8jegc36k33\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Laney Mackie<\/a> was another key player,  going 2-for-3 with two  RBI, one  run,  and one  double.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:5\"> West Scranton was getting hits left and right  and  finished the game having  posted a batting average of .486. That was just more of the same: they&#8217;ve now posted a  batting average of .333 or higher every time they&#8217;ve taken the field this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:6\"> Meanwhile, Monday just wasn&#8217;t the day for Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s offense. They came up short against  Pittston on Monday, falling  16-0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:7\"> West Scranton&#8217;s win was  their third straight on the road, which  pushed their record up to 3-1. The  road  victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as  they  averaged 10.0 runs over those games. As for Wyoming Valley West, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"infosentience-paragraph\" style=\"order:8\"> West Scranton got the &#8216;W&#8217; when the teams last played  back in May of 2025 against Wyoming Valley West by a conclusive  14-4 score. Will the Invaders repeat their success,  or do  the Spartans have a new game plan this time around? We&#8217;ll find out soon enough.<\/p>\n<p>Article generated by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/infosentience.com\/\">infoSentience<\/a> based on data entered on MaxPreps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The West Scranton Invaders will square off against the Wyoming Valley West Spartans at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-155127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}