Mount Vernon will challenge Blue Ridge at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Blue Ridge will face off against a team with plenty of momentum: Mount Vernon extended their winning streak to five on Thursday. The Tigers put the hurt on Winnsboro with a sharp 14-1 victory. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 17 contests by seven runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Blue Ridge hadn't done well against Bells recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. The Tigers were the clear victors by a 9-2 margin over the Panthers. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
Kayden Brazil was excellent, going 2-for-4 with one home run. Kenzie Baker was another key player, going 1-for-4 with three runs.
Mount Vernon's win was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 23-5-1. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for Blue Ridge, their win bumped their record up to 6-7.
Everything went Mount Vernon's way against Blue Ridge in their previous matchup back in March of 2019, as Mount Vernon made off with a 14-3 victory. Will Mount Vernon repeat their success, or does Blue Ridge has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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