The Kossuth Aggies will head out on the road to take on the West Union Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Corinth typically has all the answers at home, but on Saturday Kossuth proved too difficult a challenge. They had just enough and edged the Warriors out 7-6. Seven seems to be a good number for Kossuth as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Meanwhile, West Union had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it four in their second game on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Vikings 3-1.
Jon Grey Morrisson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on two hits and racked up eight Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, West Union saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Greer Manning, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
The win was the third in a row for Kossuth, bringing their record for this year to 19-1. As for West Union, they pushed their record up to 13-7 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Kossuth suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to West Union in their previous meeting back in March of 2021. Can Kossuth avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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