The Minerva Lions will face off against the Cambridge Bobcats at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Minerva is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They never let Carrollton get on the board and left with a 1-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Lions.
Braydon Wood
| 05/28/26 @ Carrollton | 11 |
| 04/09/26 vs West Branch | 11 |
| 04/21/26 @ Marlington | 9 |
| 05/05/26 vs Carrollton | 8 |
| 04/15/26 @ Salem | 8 |
| + 5 more games |
Not much got past Braydon Wood, who gave up just three hits and racked up 11 Ks to keep Carrollton off the board. Wood has become a key player for Minerva: the team is 4-1 when he posts at least eight strikeouts, but 9-12 otherwise.
At the plate, Minerva saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brennan Barnes, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, it may have taken ten innings to finish the job, but Cambridge ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 victory over Claymont. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Bobcats have posted since April 15th.
The victory got Minerva back to even at 13-13. As for Cambridge, their win bumped their record up to 17-9.
Minerva suffered a grim 14-4 defeat to Cambridge in their previous matchup back in May of 2025. Can the Lions avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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