Mt. Pleasant has been on the road for two straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Exeter-West Greenwich Scarlet Knights at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Mt. Pleasant: 3.2, Exeter-West Greenwich: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
If Mt. Pleasant beats Exeter-West Greenwich with 13 runs on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Mt. Pleasant's pitcher stepped up to hand Hope a 13-0 shutout on Saturday. That 13 run margin sets a new team best for Mt. Pleasant this season.
The team relied heavily on Erison Mieses, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Jose Soto was another key contributor, going 2-for-2 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Meanwhile, Exeter-West Greenwich faced Tolman in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Exeter-West Greenwich might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-2 to Tolman, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. Exeter-West Greenwich just can't catch a break and has now endured four defeats in a row.
Exeter-West Greenwich saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dawson Sweet, who went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Mt. Pleasant pushed their record up to 11-8 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Exeter-West Greenwich, their loss dropped their record down to 11-6.
Mt. Pleasant skirted past Exeter-West Greenwich 3-2 when the teams last played two weeks ago. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Exeter-West Greenwich's Kole Kilduff, who struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Mt. Pleasant still be able to contain Kilduff? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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