The Morgantown Mohigans will square off against the Cabell Midland Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Morgantown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Bridgeport, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Morgantown was ranked seventh). Morgantown walked away with a 4-1 win over Bridgeport on Wednesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Morgantown.
Judd Messerly looked comfortable as he tossed an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Morgantown saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dylan Travinski, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, Cabell Midland stacked a 14th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Fairland as Cabell Midland made off with a 6-0 victory.
Morgantown has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 29-8 record this season. As for Cabell Midland, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 27-9.
Morgantown couldn't quite finish off Cabell Midland when the teams last played back in April and fell 7-5. Can Morgantown avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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