Baseball Game Preview: Hershey Trojans vs. Central Dauphin East Panthers

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Previous Games

03/31/25 - Home	5-1 W
04/26/24 - Home	13-3 W
04/06/24 - Away	7-2 W
05/12/23 - Away	8-1 W
04/04/23 - Home	8-2 W
+ 5 more games

Hershey is 8-2 against Central Dauphin East since April of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Thursday. The Trojans will head out to challenge the Panthers at 4:15 p.m. Neither Hershey nor Central Dauphin East posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.

On Tuesday, Hershey didn't have quite enough to beat Lower Dauphin and fell 2-1. The Trojans have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Hershey saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bennett Sheppard, who went 1-for-3 with one run and one double.

Meanwhile, Central Dauphin East was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat. They came up short against Red Land, falling 13-0.

Hershey's loss dropped their record down to 7-5. As for Central Dauphin East, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-11.

Hershey was able to grind out a solid victory over Central Dauphin East when the teams last played back in March, winning 5-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Trojans since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.