Baseball Recap: Hatboro-Horsham Finds Playoff Glory Versus Bangor

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Hatboro-Horsham had no problem doing just that on Monday. They had just enough and edged out the Bangor Slaters 4-3. Four seems to be a good number for the Hatters as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.

Shane Mills looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and only one walk). He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks any time he's pitched this season.

Dominic Rapino

Hits (Career)

06/02/25 @ Bangor	4
04/01/25 @ Plymouth Whitemarsh	3
03/13/25 @ Downingtown West	2
04/23/25 @ Wissahickon	1
03/28/25 vs Cardinal O'Hara	1

At the plate, Dominic Rapino was incredible, going a perfect 4-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI. Those four hits gave him a new career-high. Ryan Thomas also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

The victory (which was Hatboro-Horsham's third in a row) raised their record to 9-8. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for Bangor, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-12.

As of now, neither Hatboro-Horsham nor the Slaters have any future games scheduled.