The Annandale Atoms have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Mount Vernon Majors at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Annandale will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one run on Monday, then bounced right back against Freedom on Wednesday. Annandale put the hurt on Freedom with a sharp 17-5 win.
Meanwhile, Mount Vernon has not done well against Hayfield recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Mount Vernon came out on top in a nail-biter against Hayfield and snuck past 4-3. That's two games straight that Mount Vernon has won by just one run.
Annandale's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-10. As for Mount Vernon, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-10 record this season.
Annandale skirted past Mount Vernon 12-10 in their previous matchup back in April. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Mount Vernon's Harry Sliger, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Annandale still be able to contain Sliger? There's only one way to find out.
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