The West Vigo Vikings will square off against the Eastern Greene Thunderbirds at 10:00 a.m. on Monday. West Vigo's pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so Eastern Greene's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
West Vigo is headed into the game having just posted their closest win since April 16th on Tuesday. They skirted past Riverton Parke 3-1. The victory continues a trend for the Vikings in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now won seven in a row.
Meanwhile, with a playoff win on the line, Eastern Greene rose to the challenge on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Spartans a 3-0 shutout.
Saxton Pennycuff made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has become a key player for Eastern Greene: the team is undefeated when he allows at most one hit, but 8-13 otherwise. Pennycuff was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with two runs.
Pennycuff wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Chaz Perry, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
West Vigo's win bumped their record up to 17-10. As for Eastern Greene, their victory bumped their record up to 11-13.
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