Baseball Game Preview: Dallastown Wildcats vs. Red Lion Lions

By Team Reports Apr 18, 2025, 12:46am

Baseball Preview: Dallastown Wildcats vs. Red Lion Lions

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The Dallastown Wildcats will square off against the Red Lion Lions at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Dallastown is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victors by a 13-3 margin over Dover on Thursday.

Alex McGurk

Batters Struck Out (Career)

04/17/25 vs Dover7
03/21/25 vs South Western6
05/09/24 vs William Penn6
04/15/24 @ William Penn3
04/08/24 @ Exeter Township2

Alex McGurk tossed a big game, striking out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and not a single walk). Those seven strikeouts gave him a new career-high.

At the plate, Logan Kessler was incredible, going a perfect 3-for-3 with three stolen bases, three runs, and two doubles. Those three stolen bases gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Williams, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one double.

Meanwhile, while Red Lion put up plenty of runs on Wednesday, the same can't be said for William Penn. The Lions put the hurt on the Bearcats with a sharp 16-0 victory. Considering the Lions have won four games by more than seven runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.

Caynin Mixon looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Connor Lawrence, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, three runs, and three RBI. That home run was his first of the season. Steven Bowman was another key player, going 1-for-3 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI.

Red Lion always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .639. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

The win made it two in a row for Red Lion and bumps their season record up to 6-3-1. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.0 runs over those games. As for Dallastown, they now have a winning record of 7-6.

Dallastown couldn't quite get it done against Red Lion in their previous matchup back in May of 2024 as they fell 6-1. Will the Wildcats have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.

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