The Winthrop Ramblers will face off against the Mount View Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Winthrop has now lost eight straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since April 25.
Winthrop came up short against Mountain Valley on Monday, falling 20-10. Even if the Ramblers couldn't come away with the win, the high-scoring effort was a great turnaround for their hitters, which had struggled int the games prior.
Meanwhile, Mount View won against Washington Academy on Wednesday with five runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. The Mustangs beat Piscataquis by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 5-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Mustangs.
The team relied heavily on Devin Cartier, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with one stolen base and one run. The team also got some help courtesy of Olivia Turner, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one RBI.
Mount View was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in four consecutive games.
Mount View picked up their first road victory, bumping their record up to 2-8. As for Winthrop, their loss dropped their record down to 1-9.
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