The West Union Eagles will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Kossuth Aggies at 6:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with West Union sitting on four straight victories and Kossuth on three.
West Union proved they can win big in their first game on Saturday (they won by ten) but in their second game on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past North Pontotoc 3-1.
Jon Grey Morrisson spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered one run (which was unearned) on two hits and racked up eight Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, West Union saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Greer Manning, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Corinth typically has all the answers at home, but on Saturday Kossuth proved too difficult a challenge. They won by a run and slipped past the Warriors 7-6. Seven seems to be a good number for Kossuth as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
West Union has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season. As for Kossuth, their win bumped their record up to 19-1.
West Union took their victory against Kossuth in their previous meeting back in March of 2021 by a conclusive 11-1. Will West Union repeat their success, or does Kossuth have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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