Baseball Recap: Mt. Pleasant Vikings vs. Waynesburg Central Raiders
Mt. Pleasant entered their tilt with Waynesburg Central with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They walked away with a 4-1 win over the Waynesburg Central Raiders on Monday. That's more bragging rights for Mt. Pleasant, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Jacob Kitz spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on five hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Luke Nicotera, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Sonny Marne, who got three hits from his three at bats.
On Waynesburg Central's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin Surber, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Mt. Pleasant's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-3. As for Waynesburg Central, their loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 13-1.
Mt. Pleasant will have a chance to go back-to-back against Waynesburg Central: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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