Baseball Preview: Middletown Blue Raiders vs. Steelton-Highspire Steamrollers
Middletown is 10-0 against Steelton-Highspire since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Middletown Blue Raiders will head out on the road to challenge the Steelton-Highspire Steamrollers at 4:15 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Monday just wasn't the day for Middletown's offense. They fell just short of Susquehanna Township by a score of 2-0 on Monday. After a 15-8 finish the last time they played, Middletown and Susquehanna Township decided to play a little more cautiously this time around.
Meanwhile, sadly, Steelton-Highspire is still looking for their first win of the season after five games. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 16-1 walloping at the hands of Trinity on Thursday.
Steelton-Highspire saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Devon Reid, who went 1-for-1 with a double and an RBI.
Middletown now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Steelton-Highspire, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Steelton-Highspire's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Wednesday. Middletown has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.4 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Steelton-Highspire, though, as they've been averaging only 3. Will Middletown keep running through batters, or will Steelton-Highspire buck the trend?
Everything went Middletown's way against Steelton-Highspire in their previous matchup back in March as Middletown made off with a 14-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Middletown since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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