A feisty cat fight will be fought as Rains Wildcats challenge Mount Vernon Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Rains sitting on five straight wins and Mount Vernon on eight.
Rains proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 12) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Winnsboro 9-7. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Wildcats have posted since February 14th.
Meanwhile, Mount Vernon has relied on a stalwart pitchers averaging 3.24 runs allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Friday. They skirted past Sulphur Springs 13-11. Mount Vernon's victory was all the more impressive since the Wildcats were averaging only 2.64 runs allowed on the season.
Trinity Barron and Cameron Pope did most of the damage at the plate: Barron got on base in three of her four plate appearances with one home run, three RBI, and two runs, while Pope scored two runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4. Barron also snagged a stolen base, marking her first of the season. Another player making a difference was Kajmiere Foster, who went 1-for-5 with three RBI, two runs, and one triple.
Mount Vernon was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .419. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .391 or higher in six consecutive contests.
Mount Vernon's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-4-1. The team dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 7.8 runs. As for Rains, their record is now 13-9-1.
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