The Red Lion Lions will challenge the Penn Manor Comets at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Red Lion has four straight wins, Penn Manor has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Monday, Red Lion needed a bit of extra time to put away Kennard-Dale. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Rams 4-3.
Ben Martin tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Regan Koons was excellent, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and one run. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jeremiah Morales, who got on base in two of his four plate appearances with one stolen base and one run.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Penn Manor's offense. They fell just short of Ephrata by a score of 2-0 on Monday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Comets have suffered since April 14th.
Penn Manor's loss dropped their record down to 7-12. As for Red Lion, their win bumped their record up to 11-6-1.
Red Lion came out on top in a nail-biter against Penn Manor in their previous matchup back in May of 2022, sneaking past 2-1. Will the Lions repeat their success, or do the Comets have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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