Octorara Area has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Eastern Lebanon County Raiders at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Octorara Area is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 15 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Manheim Central on Thursday. They suffered a rough 15-1 loss at the hands of the Barons. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Octorara Area has scored all season.
Octorara Area saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carson Schempp, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Meanwhile, Eastern Lebanon County fell victim to a tough 9-3 defeat at the hands of Donegal on Wednesday. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Eastern Lebanon County in their matchups with Donegal: they've now lost six in a row.
Even though they lost, Eastern Lebanon County didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Donegal only tossed four.
Octorara Area's defeat dropped their record down to 3-7. As for Eastern Lebanon County, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
Octorara Area couldn't quite finish off Eastern Lebanon County in their previous meeting on Tuesday and fell 5-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Eastern Lebanon County's Gavin Bicher, who struck out seven batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. Now that Octorara Area 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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