Baseball Game Preview: Greater Latrobe Wildcats vs. Pine-Richland Rams

The Greater Latrobe Wildcats will head out to face off against the Pine-Richland Rams at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Greater Latrobe 3.7, Pine-Richland 2.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Greater Latrobe is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They skirted past Fox Chapel 2-1.

Meanwhile, Pine-Richland got themselves on the board against Trinity on Wednesday, but Trinity never followed suit. They won by a run and slipped past the Hillers 1-0.

Not much got past Keegan Deihl, who gave up just two hits and racked up seven Ks to keep Trinity off the board.

On the hitting side, Pine-Richland saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Anthony Mengine, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.

Pine-Richland is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 15 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.2 runs on average over those games. As for Greater Latrobe, their win bumped their record up to 15-6.

Greater Latrobe came out on top in a nail-biter against Pine-Richland when the teams last played back in May of 2018, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Wildcats since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.