Southwest is 1-7 against Rutland since February of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Southwest Patriots will head out on the road to face off against the Rutland Hurricanes at 4:30 p.m. Southwest will be strutting in after a victory while Rutland will be coming in after a defeat.
Southwest never got on the board in their matchup last Wednesday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Spencer last Tuesday. They never let the Greenwave onto the board and left with a 16-0 win.
Meanwhile, after a string of 11 wins, Rutland's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell just short of Jordan by a score of 6-4.
Southwest's victory bumped their record up to 3-5. As for Rutland, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 11-1.
Southwest couldn't quite finish off Rutland in their previous meeting two weeks ago and fell 10-8. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rutland's Jordan Green, who pitched six innings while giving up three earned (and four unearned) runs off three hits. Now that Southwest knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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