Baseball Game Preview: Littlestown Thunderbolts vs. Delone Catholic Squires

For the second straight game, Littlestown will face off against Delone Catholic. The Thunderbolts will head out to face off against the Squires at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday.

Littlestown took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Delone Catholic a 10-0 shutout. The high-scoring effort was just what the Thunderbolts needed considering they were shut out in their previous match.

Braylen Branham

Runs

04/24/25 vs Fairfield	3
04/16/25 vs Biglerville	3
05/01/25 vs Delone Catholic	2
04/28/25 vs York County Tech	2
03/31/25 @ Fairfield	2
+ 6 more games

The team relied heavily on Braylen Branham, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs, two doubles, and two RBI. Littlestown is 6-1 when Branham posts two or more runs, but 4-6-1 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Jackson Bacher, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one run and one RBI.

Littlestown was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. The last time their batting average was this high was back in April of 2024.

Littlestown's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-7-1. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Delone Catholic, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-8.