Baseball Preview: Cocalico Eagles vs. Donegal Indians
The Cocalico Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Donegal Indians at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Cocalico will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up two runs on Friday, then bounced right back against Eastern Lebanon County on Monday. Cocalico's pitcher stepped up to hand Eastern Lebanon County a 10-0 shutout. That ten run margin sets a new team best for Cocalico this season.
Jarrett Weaver was a major factor no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over seven innings pitched. Weaver has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. Weaver was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-5.
In other batting news, Austin Germer was excellent, scoring a run while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Donegal has not done well against Manheim Central recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Donegal came out on top against Manheim Central by a score of 6-1. Winning may never get old, but Donegal sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Shaun DiBello was incredible, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Chase Cornelius, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a double.
The win made it two in a row for Cocalico and bumps their season record up to 5-10. As for Donegal, they pushed their record up to 13-4 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Cocalico might still be hurting after the 15-0 defeat they got from Donegal in their previous matchup on April 15th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Donegal's Brock Hammaker, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 14 over six innings pitched. Now that Cocalico knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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