The Murphysboro Red Devils will look to defend their home field on Monday against the Herrin Tigers at 4:30 p.m. Murphysboro is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
On Saturday, it was close, but Murphysboro sidestepped Centralia for a 3-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Murphysboro.
Austin Hunter tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out nine over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Gage Taylor was excellent, scoring a run and stealing three bases while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of William Bess, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Herrin was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 12th straight defeat. They fell 13-10 to Carterville. Both teams can probably skip cardio this week after making that many trips around the bases.
LEX GARNER made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while going 2-for-2. NICK HUBBARD was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
Murphysboro's win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-11. As for Herrin, their loss dropped their record down to 1-14-1.
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