Baseball Preview: Eastern Lebanon County Raiders vs. Cocalico Eagles
Eastern Lebanon County is 1-9 against Cocalico since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Eastern Lebanon County Raiders will head out on the road to face off against the Cocalico Eagles at 4:15 p.m. Cocalico took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Eastern Lebanon County, who comes in off a win.
Eastern Lebanon County will head into Saturday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by ten) but on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Donegal and snuck past 7-5.
Gavin Bicher made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched. Bicher was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Bicher wasn't the only one making solid contact as four players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Braden Gettle, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, Cocalico was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They took an 8-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of Manheim Central.
The win got Eastern Lebanon County back to even at 5-5. As for Cocalico, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-8.
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