The Murphysboro Red Devils will head out on the road to face off against the Nashville Hornets at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Murphysboro has five straight victories, Nashville has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Murphysboro put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They blew past Herrin 19-6. While fans of Murphysboro might be used to big wins, the 13-run margin marked the team's biggest win yet this season.
Murphysboro got a massive performance out of Marteena Clover, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with a home run, three RBI, and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Sarah Cook, who scored four runs while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Nashville pushed their score all the way to 12 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell just short of Frankfort by a score of 13-12.
Murphysboro's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-3. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.0 runs per game. As for Nashville, their loss dropped their record down to 6-5.
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