Tussey Mountain is 1-9 against McConnellsburg since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Tussey Mountain Titans will head out on the road to square off against the McConnellsburg Spartans at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Tussey Mountain is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Northern Bedford County just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 5-2 to the Panthers. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Tussey Mountain couldn't push the score so high this time.
Tussey Mountain saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ben Kormanski, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for McConnellsburg's offense. They took a 3-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Fannett Metal on Thursday. McConnellsburg has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Landin Gress was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off six hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
Tussey Mountain's loss dropped their record down to 10-6. As for McConnellsburg, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-5.
Tussey Mountain came up short against McConnellsburg in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, falling 6-1. Can Tussey Mountain avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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