The Marion Wildcats will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Red Bud Musketeers at 4:30 p.m. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Marion: 2.5, Red Bud: 2.9) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Marion is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Carterville just ended the team's nine-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 5-2 to the Lions.
Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks at the plate in their last three matchups, Red Bud finally came back down to earth on Friday. They fell just short of Wesclin by a score of 1-0.
Red Bud saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jayna Bast, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Marion's defeat ended an eight-game streak of away wins and brought them to 27-5. As for Red Bud, their loss dropped their record down to 25-8.
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