Donegal typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Lampeter-Strasburg proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 5-1 victory over the Donegal Indians. That's more bragging rights for Lampeter-Strasburg, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Devin Aponte spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on four hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Lampeter-Strasburg saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kyler Branco, who scored two runs while going 3-for-3.
Even though they lost, Donegal didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 15 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lampeter-Strasburg only tossed three.
Lampeter-Strasburg has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season. As for Donegal, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 16-6.
As of now, neither Lampeter-Strasburg nor Donegal have any future games scheduled.
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