Mount Vernon has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Annandale Atoms at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mount Vernon will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Hayfield, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Mount Vernon sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 win over Hayfield on Monday. That's two games straight that Mount Vernon has won by just one run.
Meanwhile, after only one run in their last game, Annandale made sure to put some runs up on the board against Freedom on Wednesday. Annandale blew past Freedom 17-5.
Mount Vernon has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-10 record this season. As for Annandale, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-10.
Mount Vernon couldn't quite finish off Annandale when the teams last played back in April and fell 12-10. Can Mount Vernon avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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