The Mount Pleasant Tigers will challenge the South Stanly Rowdy Rebel Bulls at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Mount Pleasant made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Carson, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Tigers fell just short of the Cougars by a score of 7-5 on Wednesday. The loss continues a trend for the Tigers in their meetings with the Cougars: they've now lost five in a row.
Maddox Harwood made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 3-for-4 with two runs and one double. Another player making a difference was Noah Condie, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one run and one RBI.
Meanwhile, South Stanly waltzed into their contest on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Bulldogs as they made off with a 10-0 victory. The Rowdy Rebel Bulls might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 games by six runs or more this season.
South Stanly saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jack Crump, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with two stolen bases, three runs, and one double. Crump has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
South Stanly hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. The team has now struck out at least five batters in three consecutive matches.
Mount Pleasant's defeat dropped their record down to 13-9. As for South Stanly, their win bumped their record up to 18-6.
Mount Pleasant came out on top in a nail-biter against South Stanly in their previous matchup back in March, sneaking past 9-7. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Rowdy Rebel Bulls have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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