The Montgomery Red Raiders will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against the Milton Black Panthers at 4:30 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Montgomery is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Tuesday, just like they did against Millville (and have done all season long). Montgomery's pitcher stepped up to hand Millville a 7-0 shutout on Monday. The victory was nothing new for Montgomery as they're now sitting on three straight.
Not much got past Briar Persing, who gave up just one hit and racked up 15 Ks to keep Millville off the board. Persing has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in 11 consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Parker Bennett and Connor Puderbach did most of the damage at the plate: Bennett scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4, while Puderbach went 2-for-4 with two doubles, a stolen base, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Parker Persing, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, Milton beat Warrior Run 6-2 on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for Milton.
Montgomery Fisher and Peyton Rearick did most of the damage at the plate: Fisher scored two runs while going 2-for-2, while Rearick scored a run while going 2-for-3. Landon Tillson was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Montgomery pushed their record up to 17-1 with that win, which was their eighth straight on the road. As for Milton, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 9-10 record this season.
Milton's pitching crew has a crucial task ahead of them: Montgomery hasn't had any issues making contact this season, having earned a batting average of .323. It's a different story for Milton, though, as they've only averaged .258. Will they be able to contain Montgomery's hitters? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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