The Baldwin Highlanders will take on the Seton LaSalle Rebels at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Wednesday, it was close, but Baldwin sidestepped Connellsville for a 4-2 victory. That's two games straight that the Highlanders have won by exactly two runs.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Seton LaSalle). They never let Washington get on the board and left with a 16-0 win on Wednesday. The victory continues a trend for the Rebels in their matchups with the Prexies: they've now won three in a row.
Noah Sear made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. That hit marked the first that he has got this season.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Connor Rothhaar, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, four runs, and three RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in March. Roman Lonero was another key player, earning one RBI and two runs.
Seton LaSalle was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive matchups.
Baldwin has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 7-5 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Seton LaSalle, they now have a winning record of 7-6.
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