Baseball Game Preview: Mt. Vernon-Enola Warhawks vs. Baptist Prep Eagles

The Mt. Vernon-Enola Warhawks will face off against the Baptist Prep Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Mt. Vernon-Enola will be strutting in after a victory while Baptist Prep will be coming in after a loss.

Mt. Vernon-Enola is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Wonderview 15-5 on Monday. The win was some much needed relief for the Warhawks as it spelled an end to their four-game losing streak.

Tucker Henry

Batters Struck Out (Career)

04/14/25 vs Wonderview	8
03/11/25 @ Rose Bud	4
03/07/25 @ Concord	2
03/18/25 @ Quitman	1
03/10/25 vs Bald Knob	1

Tucker Henry made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out eight batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned (and three unearned) runs off seven hits. Those eight strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was even better at the plate, getting on base in all five of his plate appearances with three runs, four RBI, and one stolen base. He has become a key player for Mt. Vernon-Enola: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 1-8 otherwise.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on James Rodgers, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (three). Asher Adams was another key player, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.

Mt. Vernon-Enola was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.

Meanwhile, Baptist Prep didn't have quite enough to beat White County Central on Friday and fell 7-6.

Aaron Fielder was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-5. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Nick Boyette, who went 2-for-4 with one stolen base and one RBI.

Baptist Prep's defeat dropped their record down to 10-4-1. As for Mt. Vernon-Enola, their victory bumped their record up to 3-9.