Mason County and Montgomery County are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2016, but likely not for long. The Mason County Royals will head out on the road to challenge the Montgomery County Indians at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mason County has three straight victories, Montgomery County has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Mason County will head into Thursday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 14) but on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Fleming County and snuck past 5-3.
Mason County's win was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Hayden Workman, who went 1-for-3 with three RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Montgomery County fell victim to Rowan County and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They lost 8-0 to the Vikings.
Mason County now has a winning record of 14-13. As for Montgomery County, their loss dropped their record down to 7-17.
Mason County took their victory against Montgomery County in their previous meeting back in March by a conclusive 12-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mason County 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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