St. Mary is 0-3 against Massac County since May of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The St. Mary Vikings will head out on the road to challenge the Massac County Patriots at 5:00 p.m. St. Mary's pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so Massac County's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
St. Mary might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 12-2 to Caldwell County, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. St. Mary has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Landon Durbin was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Massac County entered their tilt with Carlisle County with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They walked away with an 11-6 victory over the Comets on Thursday. That's two games straight that Massac County has won by exactly five runs.
The team relied heavily on Adan Mizell, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4. Preston Summers was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
St. Mary's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-4. As for Massac County, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season.
St. Mary came up short against Massac County in their previous matchup back in April of 2019, falling 8-5. Can St. Mary avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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