Mascoutah has been on the road for four straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Mt. Vernon Rams at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Mascoutah's pitching crew has only allowed 2.4 runs per game this season, so Mt. Vernon's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Mascoutah stacked a 16th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Wednesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Granite City a 6-0 shutout. Six seems to be a good number for Mascoutah as the team scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Mt. Vernon came up short against Freeburg on Wednesday and fell 5-2. The loss continues a trend for Mt. Vernon in their matchups with Freeburg: they've now lost three in a row.
Mt. Vernon saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ty Pierce, who went 3-for-4 with an RBI.
Mascoutah pushed their record up to 25-4 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Mt. Vernon, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-19.
Everything went Mascoutah's way against Mt. Vernon when the teams last played back in March as Mascoutah made off with an 8-1 win. Does Mascoutah have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mt. Vernon turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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