Mentor and Strongsville are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Mentor Cardinals will be playing in front of their home fans against the Strongsville Mustangs at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Mentor: 2.5, Strongsville: 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Strongsville is hoping to do on Monday what Solon couldn't on Friday: put an end to Mentor's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Mentor never let Solon onto the board and left with a 3-0 win.
Alex Dugach looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
At the plate, Mentor's victory was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Jack Vanhimbergen, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base and an RBI. Brayden Bortnick was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all two of his plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Strongsville beat North Royalton 5-0 on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Strongsville.
Mentor's win bumped their record up to 12-2. As for Strongsville, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-8 record this season.
Mentor couldn't quite finish off Strongsville in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 and fell 3-1. Can Mentor avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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