After two games on the road, Cocalico is heading back home. They will take on the Garden Spot Spartans at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Cocalico came up short against Donegal and fell 8-5. Cocalico has struggled against Donegal recently, as their match on Wednesday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Cocalico saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brayden Burkholder, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Garden Spot ultimately got the result they hoped for on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Eastern Lebanon County and snuck past 7-6. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Garden Spot.
Ryan Speers tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Caiden Murphy, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Connor Manning, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Cocalico's loss dropped their record down to 5-11. As for Garden Spot, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-6.
Cocalico couldn't quite finish off Garden Spot in their previous matchup last Wednesday and fell 5-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Garden Spot's Caleb Zimmerman, who struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Now that Cocalico 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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