The Garden Spot Spartans will head out on the road to face off against the Cocalico Eagles at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Garden Spot's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Cocalico's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
On Wednesday, Garden Spot needed a bit of extra time to put away Eastern Lebanon County. They skirted past the Raiders 7-6. The win made it back-to-back victories for Garden Spot.
Garden Spot got a great performance from Ryan Speers as he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off five hits.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Caiden Murphy, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Connor Manning, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Cocalico came up short against Donegal on Wednesday and fell 8-5. Cocalico has not had much luck with Donegal recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Cocalico saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brayden Burkholder, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
Garden Spot pushed their record up to 11-6 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Cocalico, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-11.
Garden Spot skirted past Cocalico 5-3 when the teams last played last Wednesday. The rematch might be a little tougher for Garden Spot since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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