The Midland Park Panthers will challenge the Indian Hills Braves on Tuesday. Midland Park is coming into the game hot, having won their last four games.
Midland Park is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Mountain Lakes a 5-0 shutout. That's two games straight that the Panthers have won by exactly five runs.
The team relied heavily on Chase Shortway, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI, one run, and one double. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Fleming, who went 1-for-2 with two stolen bases and one run.
Meanwhile, Indian Hills won against Waldwick on Tuesday with three runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. The Braves beat Kittatinny Regional by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-2. Winning may never get old, but the Braves sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Midland Park's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-8-1. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Indian Hills, their record is now 16-10.
Midland Park suffered a grim 11-0 defeat to Indian Hills in their previous matchup back in May of 2022. Can the Panthers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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