The Mt. Vernon Rams will challenge the Effingham Hearts at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Mt. Vernon 2.7, Effingham 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Mt. Vernon's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past Highland 8-0. Considering the Rams have won seven contests by more than five runs this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Mt. Vernon's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Taylor DeSmith, who went 3-for-4 with four RBI, one triple, and one run. That's the most RBI DeSmith has posted since back in March. Another was Arwin Wilkey, who went 2-for-4 with two runs.
Meanwhile, Effingham came tearing into Monday's game with 13 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.2 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Tigers by a score of 8-3.
Mya Harvey and Maci Hayes did most of the damage at the plate: Harvey went 1-for-3 with one home run, while Hayes went a perfect 1-for-1 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Madi Kirk, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
Effingham pushed their record up to 23-6 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games. As for Mt. Vernon, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-10 record this season.
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