William Penn is 0-6 against South Western since May of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The William Penn Bearcats will head out on the road to challenge the South Western Mustangs at 4:15 p.m. Neither William Penn nor South Western posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
William Penn is is headed into Wednesday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their eighth straight game on Wednesday. They lost 15-0 to Red Lion.
Meanwhile, South Western put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their perfect season alive. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Dallastown a 1-0 shutout. Despite the victory, that was the fewest runs South Western has scored all season.
The result came thanks to Carlos Caraballo's shutout, as he gave up just two hits and racked up ten Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, South Western saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landen Eyster, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
William Penn's loss dropped their record down to 1-11. As for South Western, their win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 14-0.
William Penn might still be hurting after the 17-2 defeat they got from South Western in their previous meeting on April 10th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of South Western's Aiden Caprarola, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Now that William Penn knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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