Baseball Game Preview: Meadville Bulldogs vs. General McLane Lancers

By Team Reports Apr 17, 2024, 4:30am

Baseball Preview: Meadville Bulldogs vs. General McLane Lancers

The Meadville Bulldogs will head out on the road to square off against the General McLane Lancers at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Meadville is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.

Meadville will head into Tuesday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Monday (they won by ten) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Warren out 6-4.

Meadville got a great performance from AJ Feleppa as he struck out nine batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits (and not a single walk). Feleppa has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.

On the hitting side, Adian Kliest was incredible, scoring two runs while going 4-for-4.

Meanwhile, General McLane entered their contest against Cathedral Prep on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. General McLane fell just short of Cathedral Prep by a score of 7-6.

General McLane saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kellen Chelton, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.

Meadville's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-0-1. As for General McLane, they now have a losing record at 2-3-1.

Meadville couldn't quite finish off General McLane in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 and fell 4-2. Thankfully for Meadville, Ryan Fiscus (who struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.

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