With a playoff game on the line, Palmyra rose to the challenge on Thursday. They skirted past the South Western Mustangs 3-1.
For South Western's part, Colby Bealing made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-3 with a home run.
Even though they lost, South Western hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. This was only their first loss (out of six games) when they post two or more strikeouts.
Palmyra is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season. As for South Western, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 18-5.
Palmyra will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Lower Dauphin at 6:30 p.m. Palmyra's pitching crew has only allowed 2.7 runs per game this season, so Lower Dauphin's hitters will have their work cut out for them. South Western does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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