The Solanco Golden Mules will be playing at home against the Lebanon Cedars at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Lebanon took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Solanco, who comes in off a win.
Solanco's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Ephrata 2-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Solanco.
Austin Wenger was excellent, scoring a run while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Lebanon was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They took a 7-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lampeter-Strasburg.
Lebanon saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was David Furjanic, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Josh Perugorria, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Even though they lost, Lebanon was hitting in the alleys and finished the game with three doubles. That's the most doubles they've managed all season.
Solanco's victory ended a seven-game drought on the road and puts them at 8-11. As for Lebanon, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-15.
Solanco couldn't quite finish off Lebanon in their previous matchup back in April and fell 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lebanon's Diego Serrano, who didn't allow a single earned run over seven innings pitched. Now that Solanco 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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