The Ligonier Valley Rams will square off against the Windber Ramblers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Last Tuesday, Ligonier Valley suffered a rough 12-3 loss at the hands of Serra Catholic. Ligonier Valley has not had much luck with Serra Catholic recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Ligonier Valley saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Leo Bazala, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Smith, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Windber, who bounced back after a tough loss on the road on Tuesday. They came out on top against Berlin Brothersvalley by a score of 5-1 on Thursday.
The team relied heavily on Andrew Scalia, who went 2-for-2 with a triple and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Logan Serenko, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Ligonier Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Windber, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Windber's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Saturday. Ligonier Valley has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.9 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Windber, though, as they've been averaging only 4.1. Will Ligonier Valley keep running through batters, or will Windber buck the trend?
Everything went Ligonier Valley's way against Windber when the teams last played back in April of 2022 as Ligonier Valley made off with a 14-5 win. Will Ligonier Valley repeat their success, or does Windber have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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