Pequea Valley is 2-8 against Lancaster Catholic since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Pequea Valley Braves are on the road again to play the Lancaster Catholic Crusaders at 4:15 p.m. Pequea Valley's pitching crew has only allowed 2.6 runs per game this season, so Lancaster Catholic's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Friday, Pequea Valley didn't have quite enough to beat Northern Lebanon and fell 2-1.
Meanwhile, Lancaster Catholic had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They walked away with a 5-1 victory over the Crimson Tide.
Lancaster Catholic saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Gabe Garcia, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Pequea Valley's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-6. As for Lancaster Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season.
Pequea Valley came up short against Lancaster Catholic in their previous meeting back in April, falling 5-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Garcia, who tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Now that Pequea Valley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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