The Mechanicsburg Wildcats will be playing at home against the Palmyra Cougars at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Mechanicsburg: 2.4, Palmyra: 2.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
It may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but Mechanicsburg ultimately got the result they hoped for on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged Hershey out 2-1. Despite the victory, that was the fewest runs Mechanicsburg has scored all year.
Meanwhile, Palmyra unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of Exeter Township by a score of 4-2. Having soared to a lofty 13 runs in the game before, Palmyra couldn't push the score so high this time.
Ethan Lodish was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits.
At the plate, Palmyra saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Wade Trautman, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
Mechanicsburg pushed their record up to 4-0-1 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for Palmyra, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-2.
Mechanicsburg came up short against Palmyra when the teams last played back in May of 2023, falling 5-0. Can Mechanicsburg avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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