The Mars Fightin' Planets will challenge the Fox Chapel Foxes at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Mars will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.
Mars' pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Highlands as they made off with an 8-0 victory. The win continues a trend for the Fightin' Planets in their matchups with the Golden Rams: they've now won five in a row.
Meanwhile, it may have taken ten innings to finish the job, but Fox Chapel ultimately got the result they hoped for last Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Pine-Richland.
Fox Chapel saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nick Seifried, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with two stolen bases.
Mars pushed their record up to 6-4 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Fox Chapel, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 4-4.
Mars couldn't quite finish off Fox Chapel when the teams last played back in May of 2023 and fell 6-4. Will the Fightin' Planets have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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