Mt. Vernon lost against Marion back in April of 2024, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Rams fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 4-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Rams have suffered against the Wildcats since May 25, 2019.
Mt. Vernon got a good showing from Maxwell Nowak, who struck out seven batters over four innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits.
On the hitting side, Mt. Vernon saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Diedrich Smith, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
Mt. Vernon's loss dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Marion, they pushed their record up to 6-4 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
While Mt. Vernon had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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