The Mount Vernon Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Harmony Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mount Vernon has eight straight victories, Harmony has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Mount Vernon can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Tuesday. They never let Winona onto the board and left with a 19-0 win.
Grayson Hammonds made a splash no matter where she played. On the mound, she pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Hammonds has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive pitching appearances. Hammonds was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while getting on base in all two of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, Mount Vernon got a massive performance out of Cameron Pope, who scored four runs and stole five bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Pope has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Another player making a difference was Olivia Baird, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Meanwhile, Harmony didn't have quite enough to beat Quitman on Tuesday and fell 3-1.
Mount Vernon's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-7-1. As for Harmony, their loss dropped their record down to 7-17.
Everything went Mount Vernon's way against Harmony in their previous meeting back in March as Mount Vernon made off with a 16-0 win. Does Mount Vernon have another victory up their sleeve, or will Harmony turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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