The Penn Manor Comets will head out on the road to face off against the Manheim Township Blue Streaks at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
On Monday, Penn Manor came up short against Hempfield and fell 6-3. The Comets have struggled against the Black Knights recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost meeting.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Manheim Township). Their pitcher stepped up to hand J.P. McCaskey a 16-0 shutout on Monday. The Blue Streaks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by six runs or more this season.
Jacob Carrasco was incredible, going 2-for-3 with four runs and one double. Those four runs gave him a new career-high. Lincoln Stoltzfus also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Manheim Township is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Penn Manor, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-9.
Penn Manor couldn't quite finish off Manheim Township when the teams last played two weeks ago and fell 5-3. Can the Comets avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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