The Zanesville Blue Devils will head out on the road to square off against the Mt. Vernon Yellowjackets at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Zanesville has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with five straight losses, while Mt. Vernon will come in with 13 straight wins.
Zanesville saw some tournament action on Monday. They came up short against Tri-Valley, falling 18-1. That's two games in a row now that the Blue Devils have lost by exactly 17 runs.
Meanwhile, Mt. Vernon earned an 8-3 victory over Marysville on Saturday.
The team relied heavily on Brooke Dovenbarger, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Layla Joyner, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
Mt. Vernon pushed their record up to 19-2 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Zanesville, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-19.
Zanesville might still be hurting after the 13-2 loss they got from Mt. Vernon when the teams last played back in April. Can the Blue Devils avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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