Mendenhall won against Winston Academy last Tuesday with four runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Tuesday. The Mendenhall Tigers' pitcher stepped up to hand the Morton Panthers a 4-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for Mendenhall.
Not much got past Parker Eichwurtzle, who gave up just six hits and racked up six Ks to keep Morton off the board. Eichwurtzle has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Mendenhall's win was truly a team effort as four different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Vincent Dixon, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Mendenhall pushed their record up to 4-8 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Morton, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-8.
Mendenhall will have a chance to go back-to-back against Morton: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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