The West Mifflin Titans will challenge the Baldwin Highlanders at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Baldwin took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on West Mifflin, who comes in off a win.
Last Tuesday, West Mifflin got the win against Albert Gallatin by a conclusive 9-3. That's two games straight that the Titans have won by exactly six runs.
Hunter Horne was a major factor no matter where he played. He pitched 4.1 innings while giving up three earned runs off three hits. Horne was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Dakota Leister was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Caden Wills was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Baldwin was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 19th straight defeat dating back to last season. They were a single run away from ending the streak, but they lost a 5-4 heartbreaker at the hands of Peters Township.
West Mifflin pushed their record up to 4-2 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to strikeouts: they averaged an imposing 8.38 strikeouts in those games compared to only 3.2 in the others. As for Baldwin, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
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