Baseball Game Preview: Elizabeth Forward Warriors vs. Albert Gallatin Colonials

By Team Reports Apr 22, 2025, 8:29am

Baseball Preview: Elizabeth Forward Warriors vs. Albert Gallatin Colonials

Suggested Video

The Elizabeth Forward Warriors will face off against the Albert Gallatin Colonials at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Elizabeth Forward is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.

Elizabeth Forward's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Tuesday, when they got past Belle Vernon's usually-dominant pitching crew. The Warriors were the clear victors by a 13-1 margin over the Leopards. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Warriors.

Cy Herchelroath

Runs Batted In (Career)

04/15/25 @ Belle Vernon5
05/02/24 vs Yough3
04/02/25 @ Laurel Highlands2
03/27/25 @ Yough2
04/29/24 @ McKeesport2

Elizabeth Forward let Cy Herchelroath and AJ Grese run wild. Herchelroath went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, five RBI, and two runs, while Grese got on base in four of his five plate appearances with three stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI. Those five RBI gave Herchelroath a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Peterson, who went 1-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.

Meanwhile, Albert Gallatin lost 8-1 to Trinity on Thursday. The Colonials haven't had much luck with the Hillers recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.

Albert Gallatin saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Evan Weakland, who went 1-for-2 with one RBI.

Albert Gallatin's defeat dropped their record down to 4-7-1. As for Elizabeth Forward, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.

Albert Gallatin's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Tuesday. Elizabeth Forward has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.9 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Albert Gallatin, though, as they've been averaging only 3.7 strikeouts. Will Elizabeth Forward keep running through batters, or will the Colonials buck the trend?

Everything went Elizabeth Forward's way against Albert Gallatin in their previous matchup back in March of 2024, as Elizabeth Forward made off with a 10-0 win. Do the Warriors have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Colonials turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps