Baseball Recap: Carlisle Sets Scoring Season-High Against Central Dauphin East

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Carlisle). They put the hurt on the Central Dauphin East Panthers with a sharp 13-4 win on Monday. The Thundering Herd have beaten the Panthers the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Panthers has come to flipping the script.

Bradyn Sober made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. Sober was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 4-for-5. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (three).

In other batting news, Carlisle let Lucas Ream and Elijah Balthazor run wild. Ream got on base in three of his five plate appearances with three RBI, two runs, and one triple, while Balthazor scored a run while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave Balthazor a new career-high in hits (three). Another player making a difference was Finn Frawley, who scored two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.

Carlisle always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .587. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

The victory was their first on the road , bumping their record up to 2-8. As for Central Dauphin East, they dropped their record down to 2-8 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Carlisle will challenge rival Hershey at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Central Dauphin East is set to square off against their familiar foe Gettysburg at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday.