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| 04/19/24 - Home | 6-2 W |
| 04/21/23 - Away | 17-6 W |
| 03/28/23 - Home | 3-22 L |
| 03/28/23 - Home | 7-9 L |
| 04/30/22 - Away | 1-4 L |
| + 5 more games |
Crossett and Monticello are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The Eagles will be playing at home against the Billies at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Crossett's pitching crew has only allowed 4.1 runs per game this season, so Monticello's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Crossett is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Watson Chapel a 20-0 shutout on Tuesday. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by seven runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks at the plate in their last three contests, Monticello finally came back down to earth on Tuesday. They fell just short of Warren by a score of 2-1. The Billies' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Jagger Hines was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out seven over 5.2 innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Monticello saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brooks Harvey, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Crossett has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.3 runs on average over those games. As for Monticello, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 9-10.
Crossett was able to grind out a solid win over Monticello in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, winning 6-2. Will the Eagles repeat their success, or do the Billies have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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