On Saturday, the Mifflinburg Wildcats narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the South Williamsport Mountaineers 5-4. The win made it back-to-back victories for Mifflinburg.
Jaden Boyer and Cyruss Scholvin dominated on the mound. Boyer tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits, while Scholvin pitched five innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits.
At the plate, Troy Dressler was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Mason Schneck, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
On South Williamsport's side, they saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaden Shay, who scored two runs and stole four bases while going 1-for-3. Shay has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Even though they lost, South Williamsport didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Mifflinburg only tossed three.
Mifflinburg has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. As for South Williamsport, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-2.
Mifflinburg will have a chance to go back-to-back against South Williamsport: the pair will be back at it again later today.
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