The Indian Hills Braves will challenge the Midland Park Panthers on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Indian Hills sitting on three straight victories and Midland Park on four.
Indian Hills is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They beat Kittatinny Regional by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-2.
Meanwhile, Midland Park owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Thursday. They walked away with a 5-0 win over Mountain Lakes. That's two games straight that the Panthers have won by exactly five runs.
Chase Shortway was excellent, going 1-for-2 with two RBI, one run, and one double. Ryan Fleming was another key player, going 1-for-2 with two stolen bases and one run.
Midland Park pushed their record up to 19-8-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Indian Hills, their victory bumped their record up to 16-10.
Everything went Indian Hills' way against Midland Park when the teams last played back in May of 2022, as Indian Hills made off with an 11-0 win. Do the Braves have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Panthers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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