Carlisle has been on the road for two straight, but on Monday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Hershey Trojans at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Carlisle will be strutting in after a win while Hershey will be coming in after a loss.
Carlisle will head into Thursday's matchup on the come-up: they were handed a seven-run defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Lower Dauphin on Thursday. Carlisle narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Lower Dauphin 3-1.
Carlisle got a great performance from Spencer Griffie as he struck out six batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits.
On the hitting side, Carlisle's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Lucas Ream, who went 1-for-3 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Meanwhile, Hershey fell victim to Governor Mifflin and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They fell just short of the Mustangs by a score of 2-0. Hershey just can't catch a break and has now endured three losses in a row.
Hershey also got a good showing from Mason Callahan, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
Carlisle's victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-10. As for Hershey, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-6.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Monday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Carlisle has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.2 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Hershey struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.4. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Carlisle came up short against Hershey in their previous matchup back in April, falling 5-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hershey's Danny Nelson, who didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over six innings pitched. Now that Carlisle knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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