The Southern Huntingdon County Rockets are on the road again on Thursday to play the Mount Union Trojans at 4:30 p.m.
Southern Huntingdon County lost 12-2 to Fannett Metal on Tuesday. Southern Huntingdon County has not had much luck with Fannett Metal recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Mount Union gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Claysburg-Kimmel as Mount Union made off with a 19-1 win. Mount Union's hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Mount Union got a great performance from Davin Yocum as he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits.
On the hitting side, Cainen Atherton was incredible, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with four runs, four RBI, and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Bryce Danish, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and a double.
Southern Huntingdon County's loss dropped their record down to 2-16. As for Mount Union, they pushed their record up to 13-5 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Southern Huntingdon County might still be hurting after the 15-7 defeat they got from Mount Union in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mount Union's Landon Chrisemer, who scored three runs while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances. Now that Southern Huntingdon County 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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