West Liberty-Salem was the 3-1 winner over Mechanicsburg when they last played one another last Monday, but their luck changed this time around. The West Liberty-Salem Tigers fell just short of the Mechanicsburg Indians by a score of 7-5 on Tuesday.
Jake Evans put in work while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out six over five innings pitched. Evans has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. Evans was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Austin Olejniczak made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.
West Liberty-Salem's loss dropped their record down to 6-3. As for Mechanicsburg, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
West Liberty-Salem will head out on the road to challenge Southeastern Local at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday. West Liberty-Salem's pitching crew has only allowed 2.3 runs per game this season, so Southeastern Local's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Mechanicsburg, they will be playing at home against Cedarville at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
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