The Central Dauphin Rams will face off against the Mechanicsburg Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Monday.
On Friday, Central Dauphin came up short against Manheim Township and fell 4-1.
Central Dauphin saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jace Collins, who went 1-for-3 with one run.
The scorekeeper got an easy start on Wednesday as neither Mechanicsburg nor Cumberland Valley made it on the board until the seventh inning. The Wildcats won by a run and slipped past the Eagles 3-2. Three seems to be a good number for the Wildcats as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Gino Coleman tossed a big game, striking out nine batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Those nine strikeouts gave him a new career-high.
At the plate, Nick Patrick was excellent, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI.
Mechanicsburg pushed their record up to 9-4 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. They've had to fight for that success though, as they only beat their opponents by an average of 2.2 runs across that stretch. As for Central Dauphin, their loss dropped their record down to 4-7.
Central Dauphin took their win against Mechanicsburg in their previous matchup back in March of 2022 by a conclusive 6-0 score. Will the Rams repeat their success, or do the Wildcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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