The Windber Ramblers will be playing at home against the Northern Bedford County Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Windber is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.
Windber's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-0 win over Berlin Brothersvalley.
Not much got past Andrew Scalia, who gave up just two hits and racked up nine Ks to keep Berlin Brothersvalley off the board. Scalia has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Lucas Oleksa was incredible, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run.
Meanwhile, Northern Bedford County unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of Everett by a score of 5-4.
Northern Bedford County saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Reece Musselman, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Windber is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season. As for Northern Bedford County, their loss dropped their record down to 12-6.
Windber came up short against Northern Bedford County in their previous meeting back in April of 2021, falling 5-1. Thankfully for Windber, Andrew Lazor (who didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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