Millard South is 8-2 against Millard North since March of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Millard South Patriots will challenge the Millard North Mustangs at 10:00 a.m. Given that the pair suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Millard South heads in on the heels of a playoff contest on Friday. They fell just short of Lincoln Southwest by a score of 4-2. Millard South has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Tyler Albert was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out six batters over 4.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits.
At the plate, Millard South saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Carson Derr, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Millard North fought the good fight in their extra-innings match against Lincoln East on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Spartans by a score of 5-4. Millard North has not had much luck with Lincoln East recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Millard South's defeat dropped their record down to 22-10. As for Millard North, their loss dropped their record down to 10-18.
Millard South couldn't quite finish off Millard North in their previous meeting on Saturday and fell 5-3. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Millard North's Carson Obrecht, who struck out six batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. Now that Millard South 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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