After three games on the road, Millville is heading back home. They will take on the Montgomery Red Raiders at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Millville's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Benton with a sharp 6-0 victory.
Meanwhile, everything went Montgomery's way against Bucktail on Wednesday as Montgomery made off with a 15-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Montgomery.
Briar Persing was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and only one walk). Persing has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in ten consecutive pitching appearances. Persing was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with four RBI, a stolen base, and a run.
In other batting news, Max Furman and Parker Bennett did most of the damage at the plate: Furman scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3, while Bennett scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Blake Fry, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Millville's victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-5. As for Montgomery, their win bumped their record up to 16-1.
Millville suffered a grim 16-5 defeat to Montgomery in their previous matchup back in April of 2022. Thankfully for Millville, Austin Kuhn (who tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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