The Strafford Indians will be playing in front of their home fans against the Mansfield Lions at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Strafford: 3.5, Mansfield: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Strafford is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Forsyth just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell 5-1 to the Panthers.
Meanwhile, Mansfield had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.9 runs), and they went ahead and made it 11 on Friday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Trojans a 3-0 shutout.
Strafford's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-5. As for Mansfield, their win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 21-2.
Strafford came out on top in a nail-biter against Mansfield when the teams last played back in March of 2021, sneaking past 4-2. Will Strafford repeat their success, or does Mansfield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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