It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Mount Pleasant had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 victory over the Randleman Tigers.
The team relied heavily on Kylah Shifflett, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and four RBI. She has been hot recently, having posted three or more RBI the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Caylin Herring, who went 2-for-3 with a triple and an RBI.
On Randleman's side, Kaylie St John made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and fired off two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-4.
Mount Pleasant is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. As for Randleman, they dropped their record down to 14-9 with that defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Mount Pleasant will square off against Maiden on Friday. Maiden's pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so Mount Pleasant's hitters will have their work cut out for them. Randleman does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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