Benton falls to Mt. Vernon in American Legion baseball

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Mt. VERNON, IL – (Paul Wilcoxen -Jefferson County Sports.  Please click on the link above for the full story.  Here is an excerpt below.)

Mt. Vernon Post 141 trailed twice to Benton before coming away with an 11-8 victory Tuesday afternoon in Senior Legion baseball action at Brennan Klein Field.

Mt. Vernon trailed after Benton scored seven runs in the top of the first inning. Benton had four hits and took advantage of a pair of post 141 errors.

Benton’s Zach Ashby delivered a two-RBI double.Jaxon Helm picked up a RBI on a ground out. Jaylin Roberts singled and Mason Smith had a sacrifice fly to account for Benton’s RBI.

Stratton picked up the loss on the mound. He was also 2-for-4 at the plate and scored two runs. Zach Ashby was 1-for-4 with a double, two RBI and one run scored. Helm finished 0-for-3 with a walk and a RBI and Smith was 0-for-1 but walked twice in the leadoff spot, scored a run and had a sacrifice RBI

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