Baseball Preview: Manheim Central Barons vs. Donegal Indians
Manheim Central is 9-1 against Donegal since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Manheim Central Barons will be playing at home against the Donegal Indians at 4:15 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Manheim Central's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Friday, when they got past Garden Spot's usually-dominant pitching crew. Manheim Central blew past Garden Spot 15-4.
Owen Vaughan looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
On the hitting side, Ky Watson was a standout: he got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three runs, a triple, and an RBI. Another player making a difference was Nolan Book, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with four RBI and two runs.
Meanwhile, Donegal put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Friday. They put the hurt on Eastern Lebanon County with a sharp 10-2 win. The victory was familiar territory for Donegal who now have three in a row.
Sawyer Floyd was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing four bases while going 2-for-4. Shaun DiBello was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
Manheim Central's win bumped their record up to 9-6. As for Donegal, they pushed their record up to 12-4 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
Manheim Central skirted past Donegal 6-4 in their previous meeting on Monday. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Donegal's Landon Sexton, who tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Manheim Central still be able to contain Sexton? There's only one way to find out.
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