The Brown County Hornets will venture away from home to challenge the Astoria/VIT Rebels at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Brown County is headed into Monday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Thursday. They came up short against Carrollton, falling 17-1.
Brown County saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Taylor Craven, who went 1-for-2 with one double and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Astoria/VIT fell victim to Brimfield and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They lost 12-0 to the Indians. That's two games in a row now that the Rebels have lost by exactly 12 runs.
Brown County's loss dropped their record down to 3-17. As for Astoria/VIT, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-10.
Brown County took their victory against Astoria/VIT in their previous matchup back in April of 2018 by a conclusive 10-0 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Hornets since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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