The Dallastown Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Lower Dauphin Falcons at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Dallastown is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.9 runs per game this season.
Dallastown will head into Friday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by 13) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged New Oxford out 3-1.
Matt Stone spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on three hits and racked up eight Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Ryan Miller, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Lower Dauphin's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Gettysburg by a score of 3-1. Having soared to a lofty 13 runs in the game before, Lower Dauphin couldn't push the score so high this time.
Dallastown's victory ended a seven-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 5-6. As for Lower Dauphin, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-3.
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