The Anchor Bay Tars will take on the St. Clair Saints at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Anchor Bay has three straight victories, St. Clair has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Anchor Bay beats St. Clair with nine runs on Monday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. The Tars narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Utica 9-8.
Austin McMahon was a standout: he went 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and one run. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was Zac Kruper, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs and one RBI.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact: Anchor Bay kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 15 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 5.5 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 matches they've averaged 9.4.
Meanwhile, St. Clair fell victim to Berkley and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They fell just short of the Bears by a score of 1-0.
Anchor Bay pushed their record up to 11-9 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.3 runs over those games. As for St. Clair, their loss dropped their record down to 6-10.
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