Baseball Recap: Mt. Pleasant Find Success

By Team Reports May 19, 2025, 3:52pm

Baseball Recap: Mt. Pleasant Oilers vs. Big Rapids Cardinals

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Mt. Pleasant gave up the first runs on Monday, but they didn't let that get them down. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 10-9 win over the Big Rapids Cardinals. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Oilers.

Logan Langworthy

Runs

05/19/25 vs Big Rapids3
04/21/25 vs Powers Catholic2
04/17/25 vs Lapeer2
04/24/25 vs Heritage1
04/14/25 @ Midland1

The team relied heavily on Logan Langworthy, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three runs, three RBI, and one triple. He has become a key player for Mt. Pleasant: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 6-7 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Riley Olson, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

Mt. Pleasant was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .452. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive contests.

The victory got Mt. Pleasant back to even at 8-8. As for Big Rapids, they now have a losing record of 13-14.

Mt. Pleasant will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Cardinals: the pair will be back at it again later today.

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