Iron Mountain extended their losing streak to nine on Monday, dropping them down to 1-9. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Kingsford Fliwers. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Fliwers this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 16-0 last Monday.
As for Kingsford, the victory (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 7-7. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.6 runs over those games.
For Kingsford's part, they got a great performance from Domenic Fredrickson as he struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Those eight strikeouts gave Fredrickson a new career-high.
At the plate, Noah Trulock was excellent, going 3-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. Another player making a difference was Devin Miller, who got on base in two of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases and one run.
Iron Mountain and Kingsford could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Michigan Rankings. The Mountaineers (ranked 535th) will meet Florence (ranked 234th) at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Kingsford will take on Escanaba at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday with a big rank disadvantage (216 vs. 46).
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