Baseball Preview: Greencastle-Antrim Blue Devils vs. West Perry Mustangs
The Greencastle-Antrim Blue Devils are on the road again on Thursday to play the West Perry Mustangs at 4:30 p.m. Greencastle-Antrim's pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so West Perry's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Greencastle-Antrim's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Big Spring and snuck past 1-0.
Greencastle-Antrim got a great performance from Ryder Linn as he didn't allow a single earned run over 5.2 innings pitched.
At the plate, Avery Horst was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, West Perry didn't have quite enough to beat Northern York on Tuesday and fell 4-2. That's two games in a row now that West Perry has lost by exactly two runs.
Greencastle-Antrim has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-8 record this season. As for West Perry, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-11.
Greencastle-Antrim beat West Perry 6-1 when the teams last played back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for Greencastle-Antrim since the squad 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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