The South Side Hornet will face off against the Pangburn Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (South Side has four straight victories, Pangburn has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
South Side is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Mt. Vernon-Enola a 15-0 shutout 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
| 04/11/25 @ Mt. Vernon-Enola | 5 |
| 03/27/25 @ Gentry | 0 |
| 03/17/25 vs Rose Bud | 4 |
| 03/13/25 @ Gentry | 2 |
| 03/11/25 vs Des Arc | 5 |
Jacob Mahan was a major factor no matter where he played. 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 solid in the batter's box, 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. Those four RBI gave Kuykendoll a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Case Walls, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
South Side was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .526. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Pangburn lost 12-4 to Rose Bud on Friday.
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 pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Pangburn, their loss 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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