Baseball Recap: Middletown Has No Trouble Against Milton Hershey

Blue Raiders

Margin (Wins)

03/25/25 @ Steelton-Highspire	20
04/16/25 vs Steelton-Highspire	17
03/27/25 vs Milton Hershey	10
04/22/25 @ Milton Hershey	6

Middletown won the last time they faced Milton Hershey and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Blue Raiders put the hurt on the Spartans with a sharp 7-1 victory. The Blue Raiders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by six runs or more this season.

Michael Swartz and Brendan Fox did most of the damage at the plate: Swartz got on base in two of his five plate appearances with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI, while Fox went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Joe Gassert, who went 3-for-4 with one double.

Middletown was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Milton Hershey only posted a batting average of .200.

Middletown is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.2 runs on average over those games. As for Milton Hershey, their defeat was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-7.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Middletown is set to challenge their familiar foe East Pennsboro at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Blue Raiders 2.9, the Panthers 1.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. Meanwhile, Milton Hershey will face off against rival Susquehanna Township at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday.