On Thursday, Cedar Cliff faced Mifflin County in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Cedar Cliff Colts had just enough and edged the Mifflin County Huskies out 4-3. This was payback for Cedar Cliff, who suffered a 4-3 loss the last time these two teams met.
Peyton Price tossed a big game, striking out six batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.
At the plate, Cayden Bender was incredible, going 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs. Another player making a difference was Matt Eisenhower, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI.
Cedar Cliff pushed their record up to 10-4-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Mifflin County, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-5.
Cedar Cliff will head out on the road to take on Muhlenberg at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Mifflin County, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Midd-West at 4:15 p.m. Midd-West is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.6 runs per game this season.
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