Baseball Preview: Pleasure Ridge Park Panthers vs. Southern Trojans
Pleasure Ridge Park has been on the road for three straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Southern Trojans at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Pleasure Ridge Park is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Owensboro Catholic, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Pleasure Ridge Park was ranked fifth). Pleasure Ridge Park narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Owensboro Catholic 7-6.
Meanwhile, Southern never let their opponents score on Saturday. Everything went their way against Male as Southern made off with a 17-0 victory. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Southern considering their one-run performance the contest before.
Pleasure Ridge Park's win bumped their record up to 27-3. As for Southern, they pushed their record up to 10-16 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Pleasure Ridge Park suffered a grim 8-1 defeat to Southern in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can Pleasure Ridge Park avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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