The Chesaning Indians will venture away from home to challenge the Montrose Rams at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Chesaning has five straight wins, Montrose has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Chesaning's hitters will try to repeat the strong performance they gave on Wednesday, when they got past Merrill's usually-dominant pitching crew. The Indians were the clear victors by a 15-1 margin over the Vandals. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Montrose came up short against Lakeville on Monday and fell 6-1.
Montrose saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jayden Huckleberry, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base. Huckleberry is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged at least one in each of the last three games he's played.
Chesaning's victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-3. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Montrose, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
Everything went Chesaning's way against Montrose in their previous meeting back in April, as Chesaning made off with a 14-0 victory. Will the Indians repeat their success, or do the Rams have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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