Montgomery County is on a four-game streak of home losses, Van-Far an 11-game streak of away losses dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Tuesday. The Montgomery County Wildcats will welcome the Van-Far Indians at 5:00 p.m. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Having struggled with four losses in a row, Montgomery County finally turned things around against Clopton on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Hawks as they made off with a 14-6 victory. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by six runs or more this season.
Jillian Weekley was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She pitched seven innings while giving up four earned (and two unearned) runs off eight hits. Weekley was even better at the plate, scoring five runs while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Aliviah Fischer, who went 3-for-5 with three doubles, four RBI, and four RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Georgia Shahan, who scored two runs and stole five bases while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Montgomery County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .378. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Van-Far). They blew past Marion County 22-6 on Saturday.
Montgomery County's win bumped their record up to 9-5. As for Van-Far, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-10.
Everything went Montgomery County's way against Van-Far in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as Montgomery County made off with a 20-2 win. Will Montgomery County repeat their success, or does Van-Far have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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