Baseball Preview: Trinity Shamrocks vs. East Pennsboro Panthers
Trinity is 1-9 against East Pennsboro since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Trinity Shamrocks will be playing in front of their home fans against the East Pennsboro Panthers at 4:15 p.m. Trinity will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more runs each game than the last.
Trinity scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Monday. They blew past Milton Hershey 20-3. With that win, Trinity brought their scoring average up to 7.5 runs per game.
Trinity got a great performance from Zach Cherrup as he struck out 11 batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Ryan Balaban, who scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Chris Beasley, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, East Pennsboro had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it four on Monday. They walked away with a 4-1 victory over the Lions.
East Pennsboro also got a great performance from Ryan Stover as he struck out 11 batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Stover has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Jovi DeJesus was excellent, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and a stolen base. Ryan Seibert was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-2.
The win got Trinity back to even at 4-4. As for East Pennsboro, their victory bumped their record up to 6-1.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Wednesday as both teams have some strikeout artists on the roster. Trinity has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.4 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like East Pennsboro struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.9. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Trinity couldn't quite finish off East Pennsboro in their previous matchup back in March and fell 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of East Pennsboro's Niko Thalassinos, who didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched. Now that Trinity knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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