The Ephrata Mountaineers will head out to face off against the Lampeter-Strasburg Pioneers at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday.
Ephrata fell victim to Solanco and their airtight pitching crew on Monday. They came up short against the Golden Mules, falling 10-0. The Mountaineers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Lampeter-Strasburg had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They never let the Buckskins get on the board and left with a 4-0 victory.
Natalie Hill made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 11 over seven innings pitched. Those 11 strikeouts gave her a new career-high. She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
Hill wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Lily Kuhns, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI.
Lampeter-Strasburg's record is now 9-2. As for Ephrata, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-6.
Ephrata suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Lampeter-Strasburg in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can the Mountaineers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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