The Mars Fightin' Planets will take on the West Allegheny Indians at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The last four games Mars has played have been within two runs, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Mars is headed into the matchup having just suffered their closest loss since March 25th on Wednesday. They fell just short of Taylor Allderdice by a score of 5-3.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask West Allegheny). They never let Chartiers Valley get on the board and left with a 15-0 win on Friday. The victory was familiar territory for the Indians, who have now won three games in a row.
Mars' defeat was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-8. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only 2.5 runs. As for West Allegheny, the win got them back to even at 6-6.
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