Cocalico is 1-9 against Manheim Central since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Cocalico Eagles will head out on the road to face off against the Manheim Central Barons at 4:15 p.m.
Cocalico's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Garden Spot on Thursday. They lost 8-0 to the Spartans. Cocalico has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Cocalico saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dane Horning, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Meanwhile, everything went Manheim Central's way against Eastern Lebanon County on Friday as Manheim Central made off with a 13-5 victory. With that win, Manheim Central brought their scoring average up to 6.1 runs per game.
Colin Connelly tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up three earned runs off six hits.
At the plate, Ky Watson was a standout: he scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Chase Book was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Cocalico's loss dropped their record down to 5-12. As for Manheim Central, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season.
Cocalico came up short against Manheim Central in their previous matchup back in April, falling 8-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Manheim Central's Chase Travitz, who struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Now that Cocalico knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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