The Hershey Trojans will take on the Carlisle Thundering Herd at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hershey's pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so Carlisle's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Carlisle will be up against a hot Hershey team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. The Trojans never let Bishop McDevitt get on the board and left with a 5-0 win on Monday.
Hershey saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sean Callahan, who scored a run while going 2-for-3. Callahan also put up a double, which was his first of the season. Another was Bryce Erwin, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Carlisle). Everything went their way against Central Dauphin East on Monday as they made off with a 13-4 victory. The Thundering Herd have beaten the Panthers the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Panthers has come to flipping the script.
Bradyn Sober made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over four innings pitched. Sober was even better at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 4-for-5. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (three).
In other batting news, Lucas Ream and Elijah Balthazor did most of the damage at the plate: Ream got on base in three of his five plate appearances with three RBI, two runs, and one triple, while Balthazor scored a run while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave Balthazor a new career-high in RBI (three). Finn Frawley was another key player, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Hershey's win bumped their record up to 6-3. As for Carlisle, their victory bumped their record up to 2-8.
Hershey skirted past Carlisle 5-3 in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. Will the Trojans repeat their success, or do the Thundering Herd have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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