Baseball Game Preview: Cumberland Valley Eagles vs. Altoona Mountain Lions

The Cumberland Valley Eagles are taking a road trip to challenge the Altoona Mountain Lions at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Cumberland Valley's pitching crew has only allowed 2.7 runs per game this season, so Altoona's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Cumberland Valley barely beat Mechanicsburg the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Eagles blew past the Wildcats 11-1 on Tuesday. The Eagles have beaten the Wildcats the last five times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Wildcats has come to flipping the script.

Kaden Schoenly

Batters Struck Out

04/01/25 vs Mechanicsburg	8
03/26/25 @ Cedar Cliff	6
05/17/24 @ Waynesboro	6
05/08/24 @ Mifflin County	4
05/02/24 @ Central Dauphin	5
+ 4 more games

Kaden Schoenly made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits. That's the most strikeouts he has posted since back in April of 2024. He was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. Those runs marked the first that he scored this season.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Caden Lloyd, who scored a run while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Siddh Patel, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.

Meanwhile, Altoona came up short against Mifflin County on Tuesday and fell 6-2. The matchup marked the Mountain Lions' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Altoona saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Staines, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.

Cumberland Valley pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.7 runs on average this season. As for Altoona, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.

Cumberland Valley couldn't quite get it done against Altoona in their previous matchup back in May of 2024 as they fell 5-2. Can the Eagles avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.