The Van-Far Indians will head out on the road to take on the Montgomery County Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Van-Far is no doubt hoping to put an end to an 11-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Van-Far is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Marion County 22-6 on Saturday.
Montgomery County never got on the board in their matchup on Tuesday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Clopton last Thursday. Everything went their way against the Hawks as they made off with a 14-6 victory. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matchups by six runs or more this season.
Jillian Weekley was a major factor no matter where she played. On the mound, she tossed seven innings while giving up four earned (and two unearned) runs off eight hits. Weekley was even better at the plate, scoring five runs while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Aliviah Fischer was incredible, going 3-for-5 with three doubles, four RBI, and four RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Georgia Shahan, who scored two runs and stole five bases while going 2-for-3.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Montgomery County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .378. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Van-Far's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 1-10. As for Montgomery County, the victory snapped their losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 9-5 record.
Van-Far suffered a grim 20-2 defeat to Montgomery County in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Can Van-Far avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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