After three games on the road, Mulberry Grove is heading back home. They will take on the Metro-East Lutheran Knights at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Mulberry Grove is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to ten runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Brownstown/St. Elmo on Friday. They fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 4-2. Mulberry Grove has not had much luck with Brownstown/St. Elmo recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, after only one run in their last match, Metro-East Lutheran made sure to put some runs up on the board against Calhoun on Saturday. Metro-East Lutheran blew past Calhoun 16-1.
Thijson Heard was incredible, going 3-for-3 with a home run, three runs, and four RBI. Another player making a difference was Sammy Huber, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3.
Mulberry Grove's defeat dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Metro-East Lutheran, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 10-7.
Mulberry Grove skirted past Metro-East Lutheran 7-6 when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Does Mulberry Grove have another victory up their sleeve, or will Metro-East Lutheran turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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