Baseball Game Preview: Dallastown Wildcats vs. William Penn Bearcats

By Team Reports Apr 29, 2025, 11:15pm

Baseball Preview: Dallastown Wildcats vs. William Penn Bearcats

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Dallastown is a perfect 8-0 against William Penn since April of 2021 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Wednesday. The Wildcats will welcome the Bearcats at 4:15 p.m. Dallastown will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.

Dallastown barely beat Spring Grove the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Wildcats were the clear victors by a 7-1 margin over the Rockets on Monday.

Sam Forry

Earned Runs

03/19/25 @ Governor Mifflin3
04/16/25 vs Northeastern2
03/26/25 vs Central York2
04/28/25 @ Spring Grove1
04/04/25 vs Cedar Cliff1

Sam Forry tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned run off seven hits. He has become a key player for Dallastown: the team is undefeated when he allows at most one earned run, but 4-6 otherwise.

On the hitting side, Dallastown let Cade Flinchbaugh and Caden Snyder run wild. Flinchbaugh got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI and one double, while Snyder went 2-for-4 with two RBI, one run, and one double. That's the most RBI Snyder has posted since back in March.

Dallastown hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Spring Grove struck out seven times.

Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when William Penn duked it out with Northeastern on Tuesday. The Bearcats lost 17-1 to the Bobcats. The Bearcats haven't had much luck with the Bobcats recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.

William Penn saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luis Gonzalez, who went 1-for-2 with one RBI. Lucas Klein was another, getting on base in both of his plate appearances with one stolen base and one run.

Dallastown pushed their record up to 11-6 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for William Penn, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-11.

William Penn's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Wednesday. Dallastown has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.9 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for William Penn, though, as they've been averaging only 4.1 strikeouts. Will Dallastown keep running through batters, or will the Bearcats buck the trend?

Dallastown took their victory against William Penn when the teams last played on April 9th by a conclusive 10-0 score. Do the Wildcats have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bearcats turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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