The Mather Rangers will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Lake View Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. Mather is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.5 runs per game this season.
Last Tuesday, everything went Mather's way against Disney II as Mather made off with a 10-4 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Mather.
Jeriel Mejias and Jadier Castillo made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Mejias struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits. Meanwhile, Castillo tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Mejias has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Mejias scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Castillo scored a run and stole five bases while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, J'Anthony Skerrett was incredible, going 1-for-3 with a home run, two stolen bases, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of David Goytia, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Lake View was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Von Steuben by a score of 3-2. That's two games in a row now that Lake View has lost by just one run.
Tyrone Towns made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Mather is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season. As for Lake View, their loss dropped their record down to 12-15.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Friday as neither team is afraid to steal. Mather has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 9 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Lake View struggles in that department as they've been averaging 3.9. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Mather couldn't quite finish off Lake View when the teams last played last Wednesday and fell 9-7. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lake View's Matthew Chico, who struck out seven batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). Now that Mather knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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