Baseball Recap: Mifflin Puts Losing Streak Behind Them

Punchers

Margin (Wins)

04/14/25 @ Linden-McKinley	18
04/23/25 vs South	16
04/07/25 @ East	15
03/28/25 vs Linden-McKinley	15
04/23/25 vs South	11

Mifflin had to endure a four-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They put the hurt on the Franklin Heights Falcons with a sharp 7-1 victory on Tuesday. Considering the Punchers have won nine matches by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Wilfred Torres was a major factor no matter where he played. He struck out ten batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits. Mifflin is 3-1 when Torres allows one or fewer earned runs, but 7-9 otherwise. Torres was also stellar in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. He has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last seven times he's played.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Benny Villegas, who went 2-for-3 with two runs. That's the most runs he has posted since back in April.

The win got Mifflin back to even at 10-10. As for Franklin Heights, they are on a 15-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-18-1.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Mifflin will host East at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Franklin Heights, they will face off against Briggs at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.