The Cochranton Cardinals will challenge the Mercer Mustangs at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Mercer took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Cochranton, who comes in off a win.
Cochranton is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Jamestown a 10-0 shutout on Wednesday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Cardinals needed considering they were shut out in their previous contest.
Walker Carroll made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out 17 over six innings pitched. Those 17 strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing three bases while going 2-for-3. Cochranton is 2-1 when Carroll posts two or more stolen bases, but 0-5 otherwise.
Ben Field
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In other batting news, Cochranton got a massive performance out of Ben Field, who scored two runs and stole four bases while going 2-for-3. Those two runs gave Field a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Coleton Mattocks, who scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Mercer came up short against Wilmington on Monday and fell 6-3. The Mustangs haven't had much luck with the Greyhounds recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Mercer saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kameron Woods, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base.
Mercer's defeat dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Cochranton, their win bumped their record up to 2-6.
Cochranton beat Mercer 6-2 when the teams last played back in April of 2019. Will the Cardinals repeat their success, or do the Mustangs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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