Baseball Game Recap: Shippensburg Greyhounds vs. Greencastle-Antrim Blue Devils

By Team Reports Apr 3, 2024, 1:52pm

Baseball Recap: Shippensburg Greyhounds vs. Greencastle-Antrim Blue Devils

After flying high against Spring Grove last Wednesday, Shippensburg came back down to earth. The Shippensburg Greyhounds fell just short of the Greencastle-Antrim Blue Devils by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Shippensburg of the 7-0 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in April of 2023.

For Greencastle-Antrim's part, they got a great performance from Landon Huth as he tossed 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off six hits (he also only allowed one walk).

At the plate, Greencastle-Antrim saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Parker Funk, who went 1-for-3 with a triple and a run.

Having lost for the first time this season, Shippensburg fell to 2-1. As for Greencastle-Antrim, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-1.

Shippensburg will be playing at home against West Perry at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Shippensburg will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak dating back to last season alive. As for Greencastle-Antrim, they will head out on the road to challenge James Buchanan at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. The last five games Greencastle-Antrim has played (dating back to last season) have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.

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