Baseball Recap: Mount St. Mary Rockets vs. Marlow Outlaws
Mount St. Mary's hitters rose to the challenge against a Outlaws pitching crew that boasted an average of only 2.71 points allowed on Saturday. Everything went the Mount St. Mary Rockets' way against the Marlow Outlaws as the Mount St. Mary Rockets made off with a 15-5 win. The victory was just what Mount St. Mary needed coming off of a 10-0 defeat in their prior matchup.
Jefferson Hodge was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit. Hodge was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Mount St. Mary got a massive performance out of Joshua Shropshire, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Miles Stanley, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 3-for-5.
Mount St. Mary's win bumped their record up to 11-7. As for Marlow, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-4.
Mount St. Mary will look to defend their home field on Monday against Chandler at 5:00 p.m. Both teams will come into the game having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes. As for Marlow, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against Plainview at 5:00 p.m. Marlow's pitching crew has only allowed 2.7 runs per game this season, so Plainview's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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