The Highlands Golden Rams will square off against the Freedom Area Bulldogs at 7:00  p.m.  on Thursday. Given that  the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this  matchup.
On Wednesday, Highlands came up short against Valley  and fell  6-3. The Golden Rams haven't had much luck with the Vikings recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Highlands got a good showing from  Beckham Ochoa, who   tossed 3.1 innings while giving up   no  earned runs off   two  hits.
 At the plate, Highlands saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was  Trent Durci, who  went 2-for-4 with two  doubles, one  run,  and one  RBI.
Fans were treated to a battle of the Bulldogs  on Tuesday. Freedom Area fell just short of Bethlehem Center by a score of  8-7.
  Ryan Fessler made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and  got on base  in all three of his plate appearances with one  run and one  RBI.  Tommy Ward was another key player,  going 2-for-5 with three  RBI.
 Freedom Area's loss dropped their record down to 7-6. As for Highlands, they now  have a losing record of 6-7.
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