York Catholic has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the Biglerville Canners at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. York Catholic will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
On Monday, York Catholic narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Hanover 9-8.
Logan Chermarie was incredible, going 4-for-5 with a home run, three runs, and two RBI. Jackson Yingling was another key contributor, going 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI, and a stolen base.
Meanwhile, Biglerville had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They came out on top against the Knights by a score of 7-3.
Jared Hollabaugh made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over five innings pitched. Hollabaugh was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base and an RBI.
In other batting news, Jacob Leistner and Aiden Hoffman did most of the damage at the plate: Leistner went 2-for-3 with three RBI, while Hoffman scored two runs and stole three bases.
York Catholic's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-8. As for Biglerville, their record now sits at 9-7.
Biglerville's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Wednesday. York Catholic has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.7 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Biglerville, though, as they've been averaging only 4.1. Will York Catholic keep running through batters, or will Biglerville buck the trend?
York Catholic suffered a grim 16-9 defeat to Biglerville in their previous meeting back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hoffman, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. Now that York Catholic knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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