The Mulberry Panthers are on the road again on Monday to play the Kathleen Red Devils at 7:00 p.m. Mulberry is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 8.4 runs per game this season.
Mulberry will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run last Friday, then bounced right back against George Jenkins on Wednesday. Mulberry walked away with a 10-5 win over George Jenkins.
Alex Fisher made a splash no matter where he played. He pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Fisher was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Dominick Gotauco, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Van Hill, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Kathleen fell victim to Santa Fe Catholic and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. Their rough 11-0 loss to the Hawks might stick with them for a while. Kathleen has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Kathleen saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Edrick Ayala, who went 1-for-1 with a stolen base.
Mulberry is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. As for Kathleen, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-16.
Mulberry came out on top in a nail-biter against Kathleen in their previous meeting back in March of 2023, sneaking past 1-0. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Kathleen's Eric Martinez, who didn't allow a single earned run over 6.2 innings pitched. Now that he won't be playing on Monday, will it be that much easier for Mulberry to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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