Mount Juliet has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the Beech Buccaneers at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Thursday, everything went Mount Juliet's way against Watertown as Mount Juliet made off with a 14-4 win. That's two games straight that Mount Juliet has won by exactly ten runs.
Taylor Haymans made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing four innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off three hits. Haymans was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with four RBI.
In other batting news, Chloe Younggren and Hailey Stewart did most of the damage at the plate: Younggren fired off two home runs, three runs, and four RBI while going 2-for-2, while Stewart fired off two home runs, three runs, and three RBI while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Annalise Mecklenberg, who went 2-for-2 with three runs and a triple.
Meanwhile, Beech scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Hendersonville a 15-0 shutout. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Mount Juliet pushed their record up to 12-7-1 with that win, which was their third straight at home. They've been dominating during the contests in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 10 runs. As for Beech, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-4.
Mount Juliet came up short against Beech in their previous meeting back in May of 2022, falling 5-2. Can Mount Juliet avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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