Baseball Preview: Mountain Heritage Cougars vs. McDowell Titans
The Mountain Heritage Cougars will be playing at home against the McDowell Titans at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Mountain Heritage is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.4 runs per game this season.
Mountain Heritage will bounce into Monday's contest after beating Madison, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Mountain Heritage walked away with an 18-14 victory over Madison on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Mountain Heritage.
The team relied heavily on Markus Wyatt, who got on base in all five of his plate appearances with four RBI, a run, and a double. Another player making a difference was Cason Jones, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-6.
Meanwhile, McDowell was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 15-4 to T.C. Roberson.
Isaac Gilliland made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Mountain Heritage's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-7. As for McDowell, their loss dropped their record down to 6-15.
Mountain Heritage's speedy runners might be the difference in Monday's match. Mountain Heritage has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 3 stolen bases per game. It's a different story for McDowell, though, as they've been averaging only 0.8. Will they be able to secure the bases, or will Mountain Heritage continue to outrun the ball?
Mountain Heritage might still be hurting after the 8-1 defeat they got from McDowell in their previous meeting back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of McDowell's Kyson Rinnert, who didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Now that Mountain Heritage knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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