Baseball Preview: Carlisle Indians vs. Brookville Blue Devils
Carlisle has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Brookville Blue Devils on Wednesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Carlisle is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They never let Summit Country Day onto the board and left with a 4-0 win. Give Carlisle's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Meanwhile, Brookville entered their tilt with Greeneview with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They won by a run and slipped past the Rams 2-1. That's two games straight that Brookville has won by just one run.
Lane Willoughby spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jace Wood, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Carlisle is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. As for Brookville, they pushed their record up to 20-8 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
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