The Lebanon Cedars will be defending their home field for the first time this season when they go up against the Hamburg Hawks at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Lebanon hasn't scored more than a single run for four games straight, a trend the squad is eager to reverse.
Lebanon is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They lost 9-1 to Annville-Cleona on Wednesday.
Lebanon saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Justin Miranda, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Hamburg and Oley Valley meet (three straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Wednesday. The Hawks fell just short of the Lynx by a score of 5-4. The matchup marked the Hawks' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Blaise Ernst was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run and one double. That double was his first of the season.
Having lost for the first time this season, Hamburg fell to 4-1. As for Lebanon, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
Lebanon got the 'W' in their previous meeting back in March of 2025 against Hamburg by a conclusive 7-0 score. Will the Cedars repeat their success, or do the Hawks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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