Softball Preview: Lower Dauphin Falcons vs. Central Dauphin East Panthers
Lower Dauphin is 8-2 against Central Dauphin East since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Lower Dauphin Falcons will head out on the road to challenge the Central Dauphin East Panthers at 4:15 p.m. Lower Dauphin is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.3 runs per game this season.
Lower Dauphin took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They had just enough and edged Shippensburg out 2-1.
Carissa Wenner spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned run on four hits and racked up seven Ks. She has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't pitched less than seven innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Lower Dauphin's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jules Wychunas, who went 2-for-2 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Central Dauphin East was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell 9-5 to Palmyra.
Lower Dauphin pushed their record up to 11-5 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Central Dauphin East, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
Everything went Lower Dauphin's way against Central Dauphin East in their previous matchup two weeks ago as Lower Dauphin made off with a 22-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lower Dauphin since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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