West Marion entered their tilt with St. Patrick with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the St. Patrick Fighting Irish on Friday and snuck past 5-3. That result was just more of the same for these two, as West Marion also won the last time the pair played last Tuesday.
The team relied heavily on Braxton Albritton, who went 4-for-4 with an RBI.
On St. Patrick's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Austin Knapp, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
West Marion is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season. As for St. Patrick, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 14-10-1 record this season.
West Marion will square off against Poplarville at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. West Marion's pitching crew has only allowed 3.1 runs per game this season, so Poplarville's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for St. Patrick, they will head out on the road to take on Purvis at 6:30 p.m. on Monday.
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