Moon Area won the last time they faced Mars, and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Moon Area Tigers walked away with a 6-2 victory over the Mars Fightin' Planets. The win made it back-to-back victories for Moon Area.
Joey Marasco tossed a big game, pitching 6.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off seven hits.
On the hitting side, Moon Area's win was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Marco Chenet, who scored a run while going 1-for-3. Caden Schmidt was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Moon Area's victory ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 5-7. As for Mars, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-5.
Moon Area will be playing at home against Montour at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Montour will roll in looking for their 12th straight win, something Moon Area surely won't give up without a fight. As for Mars, they will head out on the road to square off against Pine-Richland at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Pine-Richland is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
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