Yough is 8-2 against Mt. Pleasant since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Yough Cougars will be playing at home against the Mt. Pleasant Vikings at 4:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Yough's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Southmoreland as Yough made off with a 10-0 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Yough considering their one-run performance the match before.
Meanwhile, Mt. Pleasant had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 7-0 margin over the Highlanders.
Not much got past Luke Nicotera, who gave up just five hits and racked up seven Ks to keep McGuffey off the board.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Connor Drzal, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Cole Chatfield, who went 1-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and a run.
Yough's victory bumped their record up to 3-5. As for Mt. Pleasant, their win bumped their record up to 7-3.
Everything went Yough's way against Mt. Pleasant in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as Yough made off with an 11-1 victory. Does Yough have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mt. Pleasant turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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