Pequea Valley is 1-9 against Lancaster Catholic since March of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Pequea Valley Braves will head out on the road to face off against the Lancaster Catholic Crusaders at 4:30 p.m. Pequea Valley's pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so Lancaster Catholic's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Pequea Valley took a loss when they played away from home last Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They skirted past Oley Valley 2-1.
Logan Zynn spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on five hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Dominick Burrell was excellent, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Lancaster Catholic unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak last Thursday. They lost 7-1 to Ephrata. Lancaster Catholic has not had much luck with Ephrata recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Lancaster Catholic saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ty George, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Pequea Valley has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season. As for Lancaster Catholic, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-7.
Pequea Valley came up short against Lancaster Catholic in their previous matchup last Monday, falling 10-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lancaster Catholic's Drew Walker, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. Now that Pequea Valley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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