The Camp Hill Lions will head out on the road to challenge the East Pennsboro Panthers at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a seven-game winning streak alive.
Camp Hill can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Tuesday. They blew past Middletown 9-1.
Drew Branstetter and Dom Tozzi did most of the damage at the plate: Branstetter scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Tozzi got on base in three of his four plate appearances with a home run and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of James Gaudion, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, East Pennsboro got themselves on the board against Milton Hershey on Monday, but Milton Hershey never followed suit. They came out on top against the Spartans by a score of 5-0.
The result came thanks to Niko Thalassinos's shutout, as he gave up just three hits and racked up 12 Ks.
At the plate, Jovi DeJesus was excellent, going 1-for-3 with three stolen bases and a double. Aaron Angelo was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Camp Hill is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for East Pennsboro, they pushed their record up to 14-2 with that win, which was their sixth straight on the road.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Thursday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Camp Hill has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.3 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like East Pennsboro struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.5. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Camp Hill came up short against East Pennsboro in their previous matchup back in April, falling 4-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of East Pennsboro's Ryan Stover, who struck out 11 batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Now that Camp Hill knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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