The Octorara Area Braves will head out to face off against the Columbia Crimson Tide at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Octorara Area is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.1 runs per game this season.
Octorara Area's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Daniel Boone as they made off with a 14-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Braves.
Alivia Romero
| 04/04/25 vs Daniel Boone | 10 |
| 04/02/25 vs Lancaster Mennonite | 5 |
| 03/28/25 @ Conestoga Valley | 7 |
| 03/26/25 vs J.P. McCaskey | 8 |
| 03/21/25 @ Ephrata | 5 |
| + 3 more games |
Alivia Romero made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 5.2 strikeouts per game. She was also big at the plate, going a perfect 3-for-3 with five RBI.
In other batting news, Octorara Area got a massive performance out of Hailey Tidd, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Tidd has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times she's played. Another player making a difference was Presley Lazos, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
Octorara Area always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .632. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Daniel Boone only posted an OBP of .167.
Meanwhile, Columbia was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat dating back to last season. They lost 17-2 to Hanover.
Octorara Area's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-5. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for Columbia, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Everything went Octorara Area's way against Columbia in their previous meeting back in April of 2022, as Octorara Area made off with a 13-3 win. Will the Braves repeat their success, or do the Crimson Tide have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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