Baseball Game Preview: McGehee Owls vs. Monticello Billies

McGehee is 1-6 against Monticello since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Owls will look to defend their home field against the Billies at 5:00 p.m. McGehee is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.

Monticello will challenge a team with plenty of momentum: McGehee extended their winning streak to three on Monday. The Owls were the clear victors by a 13-2 margin over Dumas. The Owls might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by seven runs or more this season.

Drake Brown

Stolen Base

04/22/25 @ Central	5
04/28/25 vs Dumas	2
03/21/25 vs Central	2
03/03/25 vs Barton	2
04/25/25 @ Drew Central	1
+ 5 more games

The team relied heavily on Drake Brown, who went 3-for-4 with two stolen bases, one triple, and one run. He has become a key player for McGehee: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two stolen bases, but 4-8 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Dakota McMickle, who went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, three RBI, and one run.

Meanwhile, Monticello didn't have quite enough to beat Crossett on Tuesday and fell 3-2. The Billies haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.

Monticello saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brooks Harvey, who went 1-for-4 with one double and one RBI.

The victory got McGehee back to even at 8-8. As for Monticello, they now have a losing record of 13-14.

McGehee suffered a grim 12-2 defeat to Monticello in their previous meeting back in March. Will the Owls have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other baseball content.