The Littlestown Thunderbolts will challenge the New Oxford Colonials at 4:15 p.m. on Friday.
Littlestown had taken York Catholic down for two straight games at home, but that winning streak came to an end on Wednesday. Littlestown took a 7-4 hit to the loss column at the hands of York Catholic.
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Walter Steele was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (three). Noah Clements also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Meanwhile, New Oxford waltzed into their matchup on Wednesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Everything went their way against the Eagles as they made off with an 8-2 win. While the Colonials didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-12), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Cade Baker spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just two earned runs on four hits and racked up 13 Ks. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 5.6 strikeouts per game.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Tayvon Jacoby, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-2. Gavin Haifley was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-3.
New Oxford was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .308 or higher in four consecutive contests.
New Oxford pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Littlestown, they now have a losing record of 2-3-1.
Littlestown suffered a grim 12-5 defeat to New Oxford in their previous meeting back in May of 2018. Can Littlestown avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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