The Shaler Area Titans will take on the Lampeter-Strasburg Pioneers on Monday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a six-game winning streak alive.
Shaler Area is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They came out on top against Bethel Park by a score of 6-3.
Meanwhile, Lampeter-Strasburg earned a 9-6 victory over Pine-Richland on Thursday.
Cooper Hillen was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one triple and two RBI.
In other batting news, Lampeter-Strasburg let Chase Messinger and Gavin Tipping run wild. Messinger went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, three runs, and one RBI, while Tipping went 1-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. That's the most runs Messinger has posted since back in March. The team also got some help courtesy of James Wall, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base and one run.
Lampeter-Strasburg was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .407. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .320 or higher in three consecutive games.
Lampeter-Strasburg's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-6. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Shaler Area, their record now sits at 18-6.
Shaler Area couldn't quite get it done against Lampeter-Strasburg when the teams last played back in June of 2019 as they fell 5-1. Can the Titans avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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