It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Mountainside ultimately got the result they hoped for on Wednesday. They skirted past the Beaverton Beavers 2-1. That's two games straight that Mountainside has won by just one run.
Lucas Plenert tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out nine over six innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Mountainside's victory was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Landen Sigler, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Mountainside's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-10. As for Beaverton, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-8.
Mountainside will have a chance to go back-to-back against Beaverton: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
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