Montgomery is 3-0 against Mansfield since May of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Montgomery Red Raiders will look to defend their home field against the Mansfield Tigers at 4:30 p.m. Montgomery will be coming into the match with an undefeated record on the line.
Last Friday, Montgomery beat Northwest Area by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 4-2.
Montgomery saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Connor Puderbach, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Mansfield unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of Canton by a score of 7-6.
Andy Hermanson was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. He pitched four innings while giving up just two earned (and five unearned) runs off two hits. Hermanson was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Hermanson wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Cade Kurzejewski, who went 2-for-4 with a double.
Montgomery's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-0. Those good results were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.7 runs per game. As for Mansfield, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-2.
Montgomery skirted past Mansfield 5-4 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Will Montgomery repeat their success, or does Mansfield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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