Baseball Recap: Mountainside snaps four-game streak of losses at home

By Team Reports Apr 17, 2024, 11:45pm

Baseball Recap: Mountainside Mavericks vs. Beaverton Beavers

It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Mountainside ultimately got the result they hoped for on Wednesday. They skirted past the Beaverton Beavers 2-1. That's two games straight that Mountainside has won by just one run.

Lucas Plenert tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out nine over six innings pitched.

On the hitting side, Mountainside's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Landen Sigler, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.

Mountainside's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-10. As for Beaverton, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-8.

Mountainside will have a chance to go back-to-back against Beaverton: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.

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