Harmony has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Mount Vernon Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Harmony will head into Tuesday's game ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Quitman on Tuesday but the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 11-point defeat they were dealt on Friday. Harmony fell just short of Quitman by a score of 3-1. Harmony has not had much luck with Quitman recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Meanwhile, Mount Vernon waltzed into their match on Tuesday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Wildcats a 19-0 shutout. Considering Mount Vernon has won ten contests by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Grayson Hammonds made a splash while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Hammonds has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Hammonds was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all two of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, Mount Vernon got a massive performance out of Cameron Pope, who scored four runs and stole five bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Pope has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Olivia Baird was another key contributor, getting on base in all four of her plate appearances with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Harmony's loss dropped their record down to 7-17. As for Mount Vernon, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-7-1.
Harmony might still be hurting after the 16-0 defeat they got from Mount Vernon in their previous matchup back in March. Can Harmony avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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