The Midd-West Mustangs will head out on the road to face off against the Southern Columbia Area Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Midd-West is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8 runs per game this season.
If Midd-West beats Southern Columbia Area with ten runs on Thursday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Midd-West came out on top against Lewisburg by a score of 10-6 on Saturday. That's two games straight that Midd-West has won by exactly four runs.
Midd-West let Garret Leitzle and Trevor Sheaffer loose on the outfield. Leitzle got on base in three of his five plate appearances with two runs, a triple, and two RBI, while Sheaffer went 3-for-6 with two runs, a triple, and a double. Another player making a difference was Cole Shutt, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three RBI and a triple.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but Southern Columbia Area had to settle for a 5-3 defeat against Warrior Run on Wednesday. Southern Columbia Area has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Southern Columbia Area saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hunter Sharrow, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with three RBI and a double.
Even though they lost, Southern Columbia Area didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 14 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Warrior Run only tossed four.
The victory (which was Midd-West's third in a row) raised their record to 6-2. As for Southern Columbia Area, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Southern Columbia Area's pitching crew has a tough task ahead of them: Midd-West hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .346. It's a different story for Southern Columbia Area, though, as they've only averaged .175. Will they be able to contain Midd-West's hitters?
Everything went Midd-West's way against Southern Columbia Area in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as Midd-West made off with a 21-11 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Midd-West since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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