West Marion and St. Patrick are an even 4-4 against one another since March of 2016, but likely not for long. The West Marion Trojans will head out on the road to square off against the St. Patrick Fighting Irish at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (West Marion has eight straight wins, St. Patrick has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
West Marion can now show off 12 landslide victories after their most recent contest on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Perry Central a 13-0 shutout. 13 seems to be a good number for West Marion as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
West Marion let McKenzie "Bug" Stringer and Gracie Odom loose on the outfield. Stringer scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-2, while Odom scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Odom hasn't dropped below two stolen bases for three straight games. Izzy Pittman was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, St. Patrick came up short against West Marion two weeks ago and fell 8-5.
West Marion has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4-1 record this season. As for St. Patrick, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-10.
West Marion was able to grind out a solid win over St. Patrick in their previous matchup two weeks ago, winning 8-5. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Marion since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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