Baseball Game Preview: Greenwood Wildcats vs. Upper Dauphin Area Trojans

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05/13/24 - Away	11-12 L
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04/05/23 - Home	5-4 W
04/27/22 - Home	1-9 L
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Greenwood and Upper Dauphin Area are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. Greenwood will be playing in front of their home fans against Upper Dauphin Area at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Greenwood comes in still looking for their first win of the season.

Greenwood fell victim to Halifax and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. They lost 11-0 to Halifax. Having soared to a lofty 12 runs in the game before, Greenwood's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.

Meanwhile, Upper Dauphin Area hadn't done well against Newport recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Upper Dauphin Area narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Newport 9-8. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.

Wyatt Troutman made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. He also put up a double, which was his first of the season.

In other batting news, Nolan Schreffler was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-3. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in April of 2024. Another player making a difference was Isaac Jackson, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.

Upper Dauphin Area was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .455. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Upper Dauphin Area's victory bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Greenwood, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.