Baseball Preview: Donegal Indians vs. Garden Spot Spartans
Donegal is 8-2 against Garden Spot since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Donegal Indians will head out on the road to square off against the Garden Spot Spartans at 4:15 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Donegal comes in on six and Garden Spot on three.
Donegal is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Monday, just like they did against Octorara Area (and have done all season long). Donegal's pitchers stepped up to hand Octorara Area a 10-0 shutout on Friday.
Sawyer Floyd was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3. Another player making a difference was Chase Gerz, who scored two runs and stole a base.
Meanwhile, Garden Spot got the win against Cocalico on Thursday by a conclusive 8-0.
The team relied heavily on Kye Harting, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Caleb Zimmerman was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-4.
Donegal pushed their record up to 15-4 with that win, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Garden Spot, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Monday as neither team is afraid to steal. Donegal has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 6.3 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Garden Spot struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.4. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Donegal skirted past Garden Spot 2-1 in their previous meeting back in April. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Zimmerman, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Donegal still be able to contain Zimmerman? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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