The Plum Mustangs will head out on the road to take on the Kiski Area Cavaliers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Kiski Area will be up against a hot Plum squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. The Mustangs narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Avonworth 3-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Mustangs have posted since March 19th.
Braden Kemmerer spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned run on one hit. He has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Ryan Lafferty, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run. The team also got some help courtesy of Jake Dombkowski, who went 1-for-2 with one triple, one stolen base, and one run.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Kiski Area ultimately got the result they hoped for on Wednesday. They skirted past Armstrong 10-8. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Cavaliers considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Tylar Hanley and Dominick Hand were major factors no matter where they played. Throwing, Hanley struck out six batters over five innings while giving up three earned (and two unearned) runs off eight hits (and only one walk). Meanwhile, Hand tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Hanley also tossed a walk, which is notable because Kiski Area is 2-1 when he allows at most one walk, but 0-7 otherwise. At the plate, Hanley went 2-for-5 with three stolen bases, two RBI, and one run, while Hand went 1-for-5 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. Those three stolen bases gave Hanley a new career-high.
In other batting news, John Deluca was incredible, getting on base in all five of his plate appearances with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Dimitri Spagnola was another key player, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with two runs, one triple, and one RBI.
Plum's record now sits at 8-2. As for Kiski Area, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-5 and their overall record up to 2-8.
