Montgomery County has won six straight games at home, while Elsberry has won six straight on the road dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The Montgomery County Wildcats will welcome the Elsberry Indians at 5:00 p.m. The two teams are at an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2019, but likely not for long.
Montgomery County will head into Monday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by six) but on Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-2 win over Community.
Reese Hill was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out 13 over seven innings pitched. Those 13 strikeouts gave her a new career-high. She was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with a home run.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Aliviah Fischer, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs, and a double.
Montgomery County didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Elsberry won against Silex last Monday with ten runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. Elsberry blew past Mark Twain 10-3. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 14 games by six runs or more this season.
Montgomery County is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. As for Elsberry, their victory bumped their record up to 21-6.
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