Fannett Metal will be playing in front of their home fans against the Tussey Mountain Titans at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Fannett Metal has three straight victories, Tussey Mountain has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Fannett Metal beats Tussey Mountain with seven runs on Monday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Fannett Metal won by a run and slipped past McConnellsburg 7-6. That's two games straight that Fannett Metal has won by just one run.
Landon Arnold and Wade Appleby did most of the damage at the plate: Arnold scored two runs while going 3-for-4, while Appleby scored a run while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Jake Coffman, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Tussey Mountain came up short against Southern Fulton on Saturday and fell 6-3.
Aidan Lane was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with a home run.
Fannett Metal now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Tussey Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-4.
Fannett Metal skirted past Tussey Mountain 7-6 when the teams last played on Monday. Does Fannett Metal have another victory up their sleeve, or will Tussey Mountain turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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