Central Dauphin fell victim to Ephrata and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They fell just short of the Ephrata Mountaineers by a score of 2-0.
For Ephrata's part, they got a great performance from Camryn Simes as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over ten innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Ephrata saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Michael Nixon, who went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases. The team also got some help courtesy of Ethan Gola, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Central Dauphin's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-8. As for Ephrata, their win bumped their record up to 16-7.
Central Dauphin does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Ephrata, they will head out on the road to take on Cedar Cliff at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Cedar Cliff: 2.4, Ephrata: 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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