The Carlisle Thundering Herd will head out to challenge the Hershey Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Carlisle is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Central Dauphin East on Monday as they made off with a 13-4 win. The victory continues a trend for the Thundering Herd in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now won three in a row.
| 04/14/25 @ Central Dauphin East | 4 |
| 04/08/25 @ Lower Dauphin | 3 |
| 03/25/25 @ Bishop McDevitt | 3 |
| 04/26/24 vs Palmyra | 3 |
| 04/05/25 vs Northern York | 2 |
Bradyn Sober made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over four innings pitched. Sober was even better at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 4-for-5. Those four hits gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, Lucas Ream and Elijah Balthazor did most of the damage at the plate: Ream got on base in three of his five plate appearances with three RBI, two runs, and one triple, while Balthazor scored a run while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave Balthazor a new career-high in RBI (three). Levi Smith also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Meanwhile, Hershey had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They walked away with a 5-0 win over the Crusaders.
Hershey saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sean Callahan, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Another was Bryce Erwin, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
The victory was their first on the road , bumping their record up to 2-8. As for Hershey, their record now sits at 6-3.
Carlisle couldn't quite finish off Hershey in their previous meeting back in May of 2024 and fell 5-3. Can the Thundering Herd avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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