After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Washington, Morgantown was happy to have turned things around on Saturday. They came out on top against the Huntington Highlanders by a score of 8-4. The win continues a trend for the Mohigans in their matchups with the Highlanders: they've now won four in a row.
Lucas Shinn tossed a big game, tossing six innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits. He has become a key player for Morgantown: the team is undefeated when he allows at most three earned runs, but 7-8 otherwise.
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At the plate, the team relied heavily on Carson Velickoff, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI, one run, and one double. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason Bowers, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs.
Morgantown's victory bumped their record up to 12-8. As for Huntington, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-9.
Coming up, Morgantown will head out to challenge Buckhannon-Upshur at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Huntington, they will look to defend their home field on Monday against Wayne at 6:00 p.m. The Highlanders are facing the Pioneers at the right time seeing as the Pioneers are stuck on a five-game losing streak.
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