Baseball Recap: Moon Area Tigers vs. Mars Fightin' Planets
Moon Area won the last time they faced Mars, and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Moon Area Tigers walked away with a 6-2 victory over the Mars Fightin' Planets. The win made it back-to-back victories for Moon Area.
Joey Marasco tossed a big game, pitching 6.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off seven hits.
On the hitting side, Moon Area's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Marco Chenet, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Caden Schmidt was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Moon Area's victory ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 5-7. As for Mars, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-5.
Moon Area will be playing at home against Montour at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Montour will roll in looking for their 12th straight win, something Moon Area surely won't give up without a fight. As for Mars, they will head out on the road to square off against Pine-Richland at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Pine-Richland is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
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