The Montgomery Tigers will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Pickering Red Devils at 1:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Montgomery has five straight victories, Pickering has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Montgomery can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent game on Thursday. Everything went their way against Northwood as Montgomery made off with a 17-5 win. 17 seems to be a good number for Montgomery as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Latney Lasyone made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (he also didn't allow any walks). Lasyone was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Montgomery let Rogan Edwards and Haiden Nelson loose on the outfield. Edwards scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3, while Nelson scored four runs and stole three bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Edwards continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jackson Nelson, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI, a stolen base, and a double.
Meanwhile, Pickering suffered a rough 22-4 loss at the hands of Oakdale on Tuesday.
Montgomery has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for Pickering, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-9.
Montgomery couldn't quite finish off Pickering in their previous meeting on March 9th and fell 6-4. Will Montgomery have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other baseball content.
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