The Van-Far Indians will head out on the road to square off against the Montgomery County Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Van-Far is no doubt hoping to put an end to an 11-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Van-Far is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Marion County 22-6 on Saturday.
Montgomery County never got on the board in their matchup on Tuesday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Clopton last Thursday. They put the hurt on the Hawks with a sharp 14-6 win. Considering the Wildcats have won six contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Jillian Weekley made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She pitched seven innings while giving up four earned (and two unearned) runs off eight hits. Weekley was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring five runs while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Aliviah Fischer was incredible, going 3-for-5 with three doubles, four RBI, and four RBI. Georgia Shahan was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing five bases while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Montgomery County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .378. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Van-Far's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 1-10. As for Montgomery County, the win snapped their losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 9-5 record.
Van-Far suffered a grim 20-2 defeat to Montgomery County in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Can Van-Far avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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