Baseball Game Preview: Manheim Township Blue Streaks vs. Penn Manor Comets

The Manheim Township Blue Streaks will face off against the Penn Manor Comets at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Manheim Township is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.

Manheim Township's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against J.P. McCaskey as they made off with a 16-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Blue Streaks.

Jacob Carrasco

Runs (Career)

04/28/25 @ J.P. McCaskey	4
04/12/24 @ J.P. McCaskey	3
04/21/25 @ Northeastern	2
04/01/25 @ Warwick	2
03/24/25 vs Manheim Central	2

The team relied heavily on Jacob Carrasco, who went 2-for-3 with four runs and one double. Those four runs gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Alex Derderian, who earned two RBI, one run, and one stolen base.

Meanwhile, Penn Manor came up short against Hempfield on Monday and fell 6-3. The defeat continues a trend for the Comets in their meetings with the Black Knights: they've now lost five in a row.

Manheim Township pushed their record up to 12-5 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.8 runs over those games. As for Penn Manor, their loss dropped their record down to 7-9.

Manheim Township skirted past Penn Manor 5-3 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Do the Blue Streaks have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Comets turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.