Baseball Preview: Cocalico Eagles vs. Eastern Lebanon County Raiders
Cocalico is 8-2 against Eastern Lebanon County since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Cocalico Eagles will head out on the road to take on the Eastern Lebanon County Raiders at 4:15 p.m. Cocalico is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
On Friday, it was close, but Cocalico sidestepped Octorara Area for a 2-1 win.
Trent Dickson was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and not a single walk). Dickson was also big at the plate, going 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Eastern Lebanon County unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Friday. They lost 10-2 to Donegal. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Eastern Lebanon County has scored all season.
Eastern Lebanon County saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Samuel Bechtel, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Cocalico's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-10. As for Eastern Lebanon County, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-6.
Cocalico suffered a grim 9-2 defeat to Eastern Lebanon County when the teams last played on Monday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Eastern Lebanon County's Austin Smith, who struck out 11 batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits (and only one walk). Now that Cocalico knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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