Baseball Game Preview: Mt. Pleasant Vikings vs. Southmoreland Scotties

Mt. Pleasant is 7-2 against Southmoreland since April of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Monday. The Vikings will be playing in front of their home fans against the Scotties at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mt. Pleasant has three straight victories, Southmoreland has eight straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Mt. Pleasant proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 11) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Burrell, sneaking past 5-3.

Jacob Kitz spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned runs on five hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one walk in five consecutive appearances.

Santino Marne

Doubles (Career)

04/17/25 @ Burrell	2
04/14/25 vs Yough	1
04/09/25 vs Burrell	1
03/25/25 @ Freeport	1

At the plate, Santino Marne was excellent, going 3-for-4 with two runs and two doubles. Those two doubles gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Connor Drzal, who got on base in two of his four plate appearances with two runs.

Meanwhile, Southmoreland came up short against Uniontown on Thursday and fell 7-3.

Southmoreland saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bredon Geho, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases and two runs.

Mt. Pleasant pushed their record up to 8-4-2 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for Southmoreland, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.

Mt. Pleasant skirted past Southmoreland 3-2 in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. Do the Vikings have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Scotties turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.