The Okawville Rockets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Red Bud Musketeers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Okawville is out to stop a 16-game streak of losses at home dating back to last season.
Last Thursday, Okawville came up short against Carlyle and fell 5-2.
Meanwhile, Red Bud entered their tilt with Sparta with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Bulldogs a 6-0 shutout on Thursday.
Derrick Whelan made a big impact no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits over seven innings pitched. Whelan was also big at the plate, going 4-for-5 with an RBI.
In other batting news, Dylan Minemann was excellent, scoring a run while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Isaac Moll, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Okawville's loss dropped their record down to 1-16. As for Red Bud, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9-1 record this season.
Okawville suffered a grim 13-1 defeat to Red Bud in their previous matchup back in April. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Minemann, who struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Now that Okawville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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