Cedar Crest and Palmyra are an even 4-4 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Cedar Crest Falcons will be playing at home against the Palmyra Cougars at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Cedar Crest will bounce into Friday's match after beating Warwick, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Cedar Crest narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Warwick 4-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Cedar Crest.
Aaron Krumbine tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out six over 4.2 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Cedar Crest saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jackson Custer, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Palmyra can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent game on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Mechanicsburg as Palmyra made off with a 14-1 victory. Palmyra's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Cedar Crest has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-9 record this season. As for Palmyra, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 12-7.
Cedar Crest skirted past Palmyra 3-1 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Palmyra's Bronson Coburn, who struck out 12 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be that much easier for Cedar Crest to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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