The Middletown Blue Raiders will square off against the Harrisburg Cougars at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Middletown has three straight wins, Harrisburg has 15 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
16 must be Middletown's lucky number: they beat Trinity with that score not once but twice on Monday. The Blue Raiders beat the Shamrocks by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 16-6. The Blue Raiders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by ten runs or more this season.
Delaney Fitzpatrick was a standout: she went 3-for-4 with two runs, two RBI, and one double. Another player making a difference was Hayden Herneisey, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with two runs and two RBI.
Middletown always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .579. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Trinity only posted an OBP of .375.
Meanwhile, Harrisburg came up short against Bishop McDevitt on Tuesday, falling 19-1.
Middletown's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-3. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 17.2 runs over those games. As for Harrisburg, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
Middletown took their victory against Harrisburg when the teams last played on April 8th by a conclusive 21-2 score. Will the Blue Raiders repeat their success, or do the Cougars have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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