The Pangburn Tigers will head out to take on the South Side Hornet at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Pangburn has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight losses, while South Side will come in with four straight wins.
Pangburn lost 12-4 to Rose Bud on Friday.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask South Side). They put the hurt on Mt. Vernon-Enola with a sharp 15-0 victory on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Jacob Mahan was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run over four innings pitched. What's more, he posted five strikeouts, the most he's had since back in March. He was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-2.
In other batting news, Haze Hulse and Cody Kuykendoll did most of the damage at the plate: Hulse scored two runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-4, while Kuykendoll went 2-for-3 with one home run and four RBI. Hulse has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Case Walls was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
South Side always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .700. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
South Side pushed their record up to 8-6 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.3 runs over those games. As for Pangburn, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 6-11.
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