Baseball Game Preview: Windber Plays at Home

By Team Reports May 2, 2024, 3:32am

Baseball Preview: Windber Ramblers vs. Meyersdale Red Raiders

Windber has been on the road for four straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Meyersdale Red Raiders at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Last Tuesday, Windber came up short against Westmont Hilltop and fell 7-4. That's two games in a row now that Windber has lost by exactly three runs.

Lucas Oleksa made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason Horner, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.

Meanwhile, Meyersdale was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They lost 26-3 to Southern Fulton.

Meyersdale saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Matthew Hainsworth, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI.

Windber has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-7 record this season. As for Meyersdale, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-11.

Windber took their win against Meyersdale in their previous meeting back in April by a conclusive 10-0. Will Windber repeat their success, or does Meyersdale have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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