The Mapletown Maples will be playing in front of their home fans against the Fort Cherry Rangers at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Mapletown's hitters might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Jefferson-Morgan on Tuesday. They suffered a rough 10-0 loss at the hands of the Rockets. Mapletown has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Fort Cherry unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of West Greene by a score of 8-7.
Matt Sieg put in work while hitting and pitching. He struck out 13 batters over 5.2 innings while giving up five earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits. Sieg has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Sieg was even better at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 3-for-3.
In other batting news, Ben Demascal was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. Landon Trnavsky was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.
Even though they lost, Fort Cherry didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 14 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Mapletown's defeat dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Fort Cherry, their loss dropped their record down to 8-2.
Mapletown suffered a grim 13-3 defeat to Fort Cherry in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can Mapletown avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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