Baseball Preview: South Western Mustangs vs. William Penn Bearcats
South Western is 6-0 against William Penn since May of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The South Western Mustangs will look to defend their home field against the William Penn Bearcats at 4:15 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (South Western has 14 straight victories, William Penn has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
South Western's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They won by a run and slipped past Dallastown 1-0. Despite the win, that was the fewest runs South Western has scored all season.
Not much got past Carlos Caraballo, who gave up just two hits and racked up ten Ks to keep Dallastown off the board. Caraballo has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, South Western saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landen Eyster, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
Meanwhile, William Penn fell victim to Red Lion and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They lost 15-0 to the Lions.
South Western pushed their record up to 14-0 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. As for William Penn, their loss dropped their record down to 1-11.
South Western took their win against William Penn when the teams last played on April 10th by a conclusive 17-2. Will South Western repeat their success, or does William Penn have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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