The Mountain Heritage Cougars will challenge the Mitchell Mountaineers at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
On Tuesday, Mountain Heritage didn't have quite enough to beat Mitchell and fell 4-3.
For Mitchell's part, AJ Mackey was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing seven innings while giving up three earned runs off seven hits. Mackey was also big at the plate, going a perfect 4-for-4 with one run and one double. Mitchell is 3-1 when Mackey posts three or more hits, but 3-10 otherwise.
Mackey wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Hudson Buchanan, who went 1-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI. Another was Kaj Pitman, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run.
Mitchell was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. They are a perfect 4-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Mitchell is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 7-11 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for Mountain Heritage, their loss dropped their record down to 1-13.
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