The Palmyra Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Holy Cross Lancers at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Palmyra is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past STEMCivics 22-6.
Meanwhile, Holy Cross can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent game on Thursday. They never let Moorestown Friends onto the board and left with a 27-0 win. While fans of Holy Cross might be used to big wins, the 27-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
William Howell was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Howell was even better at the plate, scoring two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
In other pitching news, Colin Fekete looked comfortable as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over four innings pitched.
Back at the plate, the team relied heavily on Liam Nesemeier, who went 2-for-4 with three runs, four RBI, and two doubles. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeremiah Clarit, who went 2-for-4 with three runs and four RBI.
Palmyra's victory ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-4. As for Holy Cross, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-2.
Palmyra couldn't quite finish off Holy Cross in their previous meeting on April 8th and fell 2-0. Can Palmyra avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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