The Mount Pleasant Tigers will take on the West Rowan Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Mount Pleasant 4.1, West Rowan 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Mount Pleasant's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Tuesday's struggle, when South Stanly hitters got past them. Mount Pleasant took an 11-8 hit to the loss column at the hands of South Stanly on Tuesday. The Tigers' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
West Rowan never got on the board in their matchup on Friday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Davie last Saturday. They came out on top against the War Eagles by a score of 11-8.
Luke Ponczka and Carter Durant were a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Ponczka tossed 3.1 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Meanwhile, Durant pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave Ponczka a new career-high in strikeouts (three). At bat, Ponczka went 2-for-4 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one double, while Durant scored two runs while going 1-for-3. That stolen base marked the first that Ponczka snagged this season.
In other batting news, Cole Blevins was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Gaige Scruggs, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.
Mount Pleasant's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 8-3. As for West Rowan, their win bumped their record up to 10-3.
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