Northern Lebanon waltzed into their matchup on Monday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They had just enough and edged the Annville-Cleona Dutchmen out 4-2. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Northern Lebanon also won the last time the pair played back in April.
Brian Bicksler spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on three hits and racked up six Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in eight consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Adrian Gonzalez was excellent, scoring a run while going 1-for-2. Another player making a difference was Andrew Via, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
On Annville-Cleona's side, they also let their pitcher toss all seven innings and he was also dialed-in: Colten Shaffer gave up four runs (all of which were unearned) on two hits and racked up nine Ks.
On the hitting side, Annville-Cleona saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Traian Dompier, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI.
Northern Lebanon pushed their record up to 18-2 with that victory, which was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Annville-Cleona, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 11-7.
Northern Lebanon will play host again on Thursday to welcome Lampeter-Strasburg, where first pitch is scheduled at 4:30 p.m. As for Annville-Cleona, they will head out on the road to take on Tulpehocken at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Annville-Cleona is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
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