The Monticello Sages will be playing in front of their home fans against the Clinton Maroons at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Wednesday, it was close, but Monticello sidestepped Warrensburg-Latham for a 3-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Monticello.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Clinton had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They never let the Vikings onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. The victory was nothing new for Clinton as they're now sitting on five straight.
Not much got past Brock Wilson, who gave up just four hits to keep Tri-Valley off the board. Wilson has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Clinton saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jaxon Reynolds, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Monticello's win bumped their record up to 30-4. As for Clinton, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season.
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