The Red Lion Lions will take on the Cedar Cliff Colts at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Red Lion comes in on seven and Cedar Cliff on eight.
Red Lion will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run last Friday, then bounced right back against Cumberland Valley on Friday. The Lions walked away with a 10-5 win over the Eagles. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Lions' hitters, who had struggled in the games prior.
Meanwhile, it's playoff time, and Cedar Cliff had no trouble coming through when it counted. They won by a run and slipped past Waynesboro 2-1.
Peyton Price tossed a big game, pitching five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one walk in eight consecutive appearances.
At the plate, Cedar Cliff's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Grant Enders, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
Cedar Cliff pushed their record up to 15-5 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Red Lion, their record is now 14-6-1.
Red Lion came out on top in a nail-biter against Cedar Cliff in their previous matchup back in March of 2024, sneaking past 2-0. Do the Lions have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Colts turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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