Northern Lebanon dropped their record down to 18-3 on Thursday, which also ended the team's seven-game streak of wins at home. They fell just short of the Ephrata Mountaineers by a score of 2-0. The contest marked the first time this season in which the Vikings were not able to get on the board.
Northern Lebanon got a good showing from Vincent Battistelli, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Battistelli has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Northern Lebanon saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andrew Via, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases.
As for Ephrata, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. Two seems to be a good number for they as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
On Ephrata's side, they got a great performance from Collin Miller as he didn't allow a single earned run over six innings pitched.
At the plate, Ty Custer was excellent, going 2-for-3 with two stolen bases and one run.
Looking ahead, Northern Lebanon will square off against Halifax at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Ephrata, they will face off against Lampeter-Strasburg at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Mountaineers 3.6, the Pioneers 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
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