Baseball Game Preview: Mechanicsburg Wildcats vs. Altoona Mountain Lions

The Mechanicsburg Wildcats will take on the Altoona Mountain Lions at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Mechanicsburg's pitching crew has only allowed 4.1 runs per game this season, so Altoona's hitters will have their work cut out for them.

Mechanicsburg is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Cedar Cliff just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Colts by a score of 6-5.

Mechanicsburg got a good showing from James Markowitz, who tossed 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits.

On the hitting side, Mechanicsburg saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jager Nailor, who went 2-for-3 with one run and one double.

State College hit Altoona with a five-run sixth inning on Thursday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Mountain Lions fell just short of the Little Lions by a score of 9-8. The loss continues a trend for the Mountain Lions in their meetings with the Little Lions: they've now lost three in a row.

Mechanicsburg's defeat dropped their record down to 7-4. As for Altoona, their loss dropped their record down to 6-4.