The Nevada Cubs will take on the Prairie City-Monroe Mustangs at 5:15 p.m. on Monday. Nevada has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with four straight defeats, while Prairie City-Monroe will come in with three straight wins.
On Friday, Nevada didn't have quite enough to beat Greene County and fell 12-11.
Meanwhile, Prairie City-Monroe made easy work of Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont on Thursday and carried off a 13-6 victory. The result was nothing new for the Mustangs, who have now won four contests by six runs or more so far this season.
Prairie City-Monroe's win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-6. Those road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. As for Nevada, their loss dropped their record down to 9-8.
Nevada took their win against Prairie City-Monroe in their previous matchup on June 2nd by a conclusive 9-1 score. Will the Cubs repeat their success, or do the Mustangs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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