For the second straight game, O'Connor will face off against Mountain Ridge. The Eagles will welcome the Mountain Lions at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday. O'Connor's pitching crew has only allowed four runs per game this season, so Mountain Ridge's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Things were looking good for O'Connor after they put the first run on the board on Tuesday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of Mountain Ridge by a score of 4-3. The Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
For Mountain Ridge's part, they got a great performance from Matthew Licardi as he struck out six batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off seven hits. That's the most strikeouts Licardi has posted since back in March.
On the hitting side, Mountain Ridge's victory was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Brody Kirby, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.
The win was the eighth in a row for Mountain Ridge, bringing their record up to 14-11. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.8 runs on average over those games. As for O'Connor, their loss dropped their record down to 17-9.
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