The Mt. Pleasant Cardinals will head out on the road to face off against the Overfelt Royals at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Mt. Pleasant will bounce into Wednesday's contest after beating James Lick, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Everything went Mt. Pleasant's way against James Lick on Friday as Mt. Pleasant made off with a 14-3 victory. The high-scoring effort was just what Mt. Pleasant needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
Michael Blanco made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out seven over six innings pitched. Blanco was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Mt. Pleasant got a massive performance out of Luis Pena, who scored three runs and stole four bases while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Joshua Santos, who went 4-for-4 with two stolen bases, four RBI, and two runs.
Meanwhile, Overfelt made easy work of Independence on Friday and carried off a 14-4 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Overfelt.
Like Mt. Pleasant, Overfelt also got a great game from a two-way player: ELIAS MARTINEZ. He struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits. MARTINEZ has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in six consecutive pitching appearances. MARTINEZ was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, ADRIAN BARAJAS was incredible, going 3-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and a triple. JONATHAN GARCIA was another key contributor, going 2-for-2 with two runs, a triple, and a stolen base.
Mt. Pleasant is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-8 record this season. As for Overfelt, their record is now 8-11.
Mt. Pleasant came up short against Overfelt in their previous meeting back in March, falling 8-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of MARTINEZ, who struck out nine batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off six hits. Now that Mt. Pleasant knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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