Baseball Preview: Cedar Crest Falcons vs. Manheim Township Blue Streaks
Cedar Crest is 0-10 against Manheim Township since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Cedar Crest Falcons will head out on the road to take on the Manheim Township Blue Streaks at 7:00 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Cedar Crest's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They won by a run and slipped past Penn Manor 1-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Cedar Crest.
Seth Warren tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Cedar Crest's victory was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Logan Oriel, who went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases.
Meanwhile, Manheim Township had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.8 runs), and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They walked away with a 4-1 win over the Golden Mules.
Trey Eckman spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on eight hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Josh Boll was excellent, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Cedar Crest's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-8. As for Manheim Township, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-4.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Cedar Crest has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Manheim Township struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.1. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Cedar Crest suffered a grim 14-4 defeat to Manheim Township when the teams last played on Monday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Eckman, who didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched. Now that Cedar Crest 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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