The Gettysburg Warriors will venture away from home to face off against the Bishop McDevitt Crusaders at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Monday just wasn't the day for Gettysburg's offense. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Hershey on Monday. The Warriors haven't had much luck with the Trojans recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bishop McDevitt). Their pitcher stepped up to hand Central Dauphin East a 23-0 shutout on Monday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Crusaders considering their one-run performance the matchup before.
Janna Thomas was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over four innings pitched. Thomas was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with one run and one RBI.
In other batting news, Emma O'Leary was a standout: she went a perfect 3-for-3 with four runs, four RBI, and one stolen base. Another player making a difference was Harper Plague, who went 2-for-5 with one home run, six RBI, and two runs.
Bishop McDevitt was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .517. The last time their batting average was this high was was before the start of last season.
Bishop McDevitt pushed their record up to 7-9 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Gettysburg, their loss dropped their record down to 4-14.
Gettysburg might still be hurting after the 17-7 defeat they got from Bishop McDevitt in their previous meeting on April 7th. Can the Warriors avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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