Baseball Game Preview: Snohomish Panthers vs. Archbishop Murphy Wildcats

By Team Reports Apr 19, 2024, 6:01am

Baseball Preview: Snohomish Panthers vs. Archbishop Murphy Wildcats

The Snohomish Panthers will head out on the road to take on the Archbishop Murphy Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.

Snohomish's hitters might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Everett on Thursday. They fell 5-0 to the Seagulls. Snohomish has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Brayden Holscher spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered only one earned (and four unearned) runs on five hits and racked up seven Ks.

At the plate, Snohomish saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dylan Hutchinson, who went 1-for-2 with a double.

Even though they lost, Snohomish didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with seven strikeouts. This was only their tenth loss (out of 14 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.

Meanwhile, Archbishop Murphy entered their tilt with Marysville Getchell with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They came out on top against Marysville Getchell by a score of 12-9 on Thursday.

Snohomish's loss dropped their record down to 5-13. As for Archbishop Murphy, their win bumped their record up to 8-5.

Everything went Snohomish's way against Archbishop Murphy in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 as Snohomish made off with a 10-0 victory. Will Snohomish repeat their success, or does Archbishop Murphy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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