The Penn Manor Comets will square off against the Twin Valley Raiders at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Penn Manor is coming into the contest on a four-game losing streak.
The home team had won the previous three meetings between Penn Manor and Lampeter-Strasburg, and Lampeter-Strasburg kept the tradition alive. Penn Manor fell just short of Lampeter-Strasburg by a score of 2-1 on Monday.
Penn Manor saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Haley Kreider, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base. That stolen base marked the first that Kreider snagged this season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Twin Valley, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They never let Reading get on the board and left with a 15-0 win on Wednesday.
Maggie Stoltzfus made a splash while hitting and pitching. She didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out ten over four innings pitched. Those ten strikeouts gave her a new career-high. She was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Hailie Barton, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. That's the most stolen bases she has posted since back in April of 2024. Another player making a difference was Maggie Krall, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one home run and two runs.
Twin Valley kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 14 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Reading only managed one hit.
Penn Manor's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Twin Valley, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Everything went Penn Manor's way against Twin Valley in their previous meeting back in March of 2024, as Penn Manor made off with a 10-0 win. Will Penn Manor repeat their success, or does Twin Valley has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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