Baseball Recap: Mt. Pleasant Vikings vs. Yough Cougars
Mt. Pleasant stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. They put the hurt on the Yough Cougars with a sharp 10-2 victory. The win was nothing new for Mt. Pleasant as they're now sitting on four straight.
Jacob Kitz spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on nine hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Brady Painter was a standout: he scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Connor Drzal, who scored two runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
Mt. Pleasant's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-3. As for Yough, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-7.
Mt. Pleasant will have a chance to go back-to-back against Yough: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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