Pickerington Central is on a five-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Lancaster is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Pickerington Central Tigers will take on the Lancaster Golden Gales at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Pickerington Central: 3.1, Lancaster: 1.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Pickerington Central will bounce into Wednesday's matchup after beating Lancaster, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Pickerington Central's pitcher stepped up to hand Lancaster a 3-0 shutout on Monday.
The result came thanks to Colton Landtiser's shutout, as he gave up just five hits and racked up 11 Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Tyler Stalter, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Thornberry, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Pickerington Central has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. As for Lancaster, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-2.
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