Baseball Recap: Mt. Pleasant Comes Up Short

It was a proper cat-fight when Mt. Pleasant challenged Whitehouse on Saturday. Mt. Pleasant fell just short of Whitehouse by a score of 7-6. The Tigers have struggled against the Wildcats recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost meeting.

Mt. Pleasant's loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 11-5. As for Whitehouse, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record up to 16-5.

Mt. Pleasant and Whitehouse should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings. Mt. Pleasant (ranked 182nd) will meet Nacogdoches (ranked 722nd) at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Whitehouse will face off against Marshall at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday up 718 places (80 vs. 798).