Baseball Game Preview: Tell City Marksmen vs. Mt. Vernon Wildcats

Tell City has gone a perfect 3-0 against Mt. Vernon recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Marksmen will host the Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.

Tell City's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-0 victory over Springs Valley. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Marksmen.

Jack Hammond

Batters Struck Out

04/23/25 vs Evansville Christian	2
04/08/25 @ Heritage Hills	3
04/30/25 vs Evansville Harrison	3
04/28/25 @ Cannelton	5
05/07/25 @ Springs Valley	6

Not much got past Jack Hammond, who gave up just four hits and racked up six Ks to keep Springs Valley off the board. Those six strikeouts set a new season-high mark for Hammond.

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Riley Leinenbach, who went 1-for-2 with one run, one double, and one RBI.

Meanwhile, Mt. Vernon was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 12th straight defeat. They lost 7-1 to North Posey.

Mt. Vernon saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luke Weintraut, who went 2-for-4 with one run. Jack Campbell also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.

Tell City's win bumped their record up to 6-7. As for Mt. Vernon, their loss dropped their record down to 1-12.

Tell City beat Mt. Vernon 3-0 when the teams last played back in May of 2024. Do the Marksmen have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Wildcats turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.