The Twin Valley Raiders will take on the Mechanicsburg Wildcats at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Twin Valley will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
Twin Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They were the clear victors by a 15-4 margin over Lancaster Catholic on Friday.
Kooper Zdimal was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in walks (zero). He was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI. That hit marked the first that he got this season.
In other batting news, Ben Vaughan was a standout: he scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-4. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in April of 2024. Logan Crunk was another key player, scoring a run while going 3-for-4.
Twin Valley kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 17 hits. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their hit total in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Mechanicsburg didn't have quite enough to beat Altoona on Thursday and fell 4-3. The Wildcats have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Eli Reider and Drake Dawson did some serious damage despite the final result: Reider scored two runs while going 2-for-3, while Dawson went 1-for-2 with two RBI and one double. Another player making a difference was Jayden Matarrese, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one double.
Mechanicsburg's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Twin Valley, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
Twin Valley couldn't quite get it done against Mechanicsburg in their previous matchup back in May of 2024 as they fell 5-0. Can Twin Valley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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