Baseball Preview: McKeesport Tigers vs. Carlynton Cougars
The McKeesport Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Carlynton Cougars at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. McKeesport will be hoping to continue their five-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last.
McKeesport is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Woodland Hills on Tuesday as McKeesport made off with a 13-2 win.
McKeesport got a massive performance out of Brayden Lindsey, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Lindsey has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Colton Kotouch was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Carlynton, who bounced back after a tough loss on the road on Thursday. They had just enough and edged Rochester out 12-11.
Tyler Heinrich was incredible, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Sean Hart, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-5.
McKeesport's victory ended a ten-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-11. As for Carlynton, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season.
McKeesport took their win against Carlynton in their previous matchup back in May of 2015 by a conclusive 13-5. Will McKeesport repeat their success, or does Carlynton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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