Baseball Recap: Cedar Cliff Comes Up Short

Colts

Previous 5 Games

04/22/26 @ Central Dauphin	0-2
04/20/26 vs Cumberland Valley	5-0
04/18/26 vs Muhlenberg	3-2
04/16/26 @ Mechanicsburg	9-0
04/14/26 @ Altoona	0-2

Cedar Cliff dropped down to 7-7 on Wednesday, ending the team's three-game streak of wins. They fell just short of the Central Dauphin Rams by a score of 2-0. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Rams this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 7-5 back in March.

As for Central Dauphin, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 0 runs in those games.

For Central Dauphin's part, not much got past Nick Tirado, who gave up just a hit to keep Cedar Cliff off the board.

At the plate, Central Dauphin's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Tommy Powell, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Cedar Cliff will welcome Dallastown at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Colts 3, the Wildcats 1.7) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Central Dauphin, they will host Manheim Township at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. The Rams' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Blue Streaks have averaged an impressive 7.5 runs per game this season.