The Mount Vernon Tigers will face off against the Prairiland Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Mount Vernon is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9 runs per game this season.
Mount Vernon's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They were the clear victors by a 9-0 margin over Lone Oak. The Tigers haven't had any issues with the Buffaloes recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.
Cameron Pope was a standout: she scored four runs and stole two bases while getting on base in four of her five plate appearances. That's the most runs she has posted since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Trinity Barron, who got on base in all five of her plate appearances with one home run, two runs, and two RBI.
Mount Vernon kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 12 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least nine hits in ten consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Prairiland lost 9-3 to Winnsboro on Friday. The Patriots haven't had much luck with the Raiders recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Prairiland saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Scotland Fendley, who scored two runs while going 1-for-3.
Mount Vernon pushed their record up to 23-5-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.6 runs over those games. As for Prairiland, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-14.
Everything went Mount Vernon's way against Prairiland in their previous matchup back in March, as Mount Vernon made off with a 13-0 win. Do the Tigers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Patriots turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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