Baseball Recap: Monticello Has No Trouble Against Prairie Grove

The Monticello Billies made easy work of the Prairie Grove Tigers on Thursday and carried off a 14-8 win.

Jackson Hines

Runs (Career)

03/27/25 @ Prairie Grove	4
03/21/25 vs Smackover	1
03/20/25 vs Hamburg	1
03/07/25 vs McGehee	1

The team relied heavily on Jackson Hines, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with one home run, four runs, and three RBI. Those four runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Tye Guthrie, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three RBI and one double.

Monticello's victory bumped their record up to 5-6. As for Prairie Grove, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-5.

When Monticello and Prairie Grove next hit the field, they'll be up against teams who recently just can't seem to lose. Monticello will try to stop Lonoke's three-game winning streak when they meet at 8:15 p.m. on Saturday. Meanwhile, Prairie Grove will challenge Gosnell and their six-game winning streak at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.