Baseball Recap: Collinsville Continues Home Dominance on Wednesday

Collinsville had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.3 runs) and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They never let the Geraldine Bulldogs get on the board and left with a 10-0 win. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matchups by eight runs or more this season.

Collinsville got a great performance from Zach Clanton as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Clanton has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Gavin Lang was a standout: he scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having also posted three or more RBI the last four times he's played. Cooper(Jameson) Coker was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.

Collinsville always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .586. The last time their OBP was this high was back in February.

Panthers

Previous Games (Home)

03/12/25 vs Geraldine	10-0
03/10/25 vs Ider	11-0
02/21/25 vs Spring Garden	2-1
02/18/25 vs Plainview	8-7
02/17/25 vs Section	15-0
+ 9 more games

Collinsville pushed their record up to 9-4 with the victory, which was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.1 runs on average over those games. As for Geraldine, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-8.

Collinsville will have a chance to go back-to-back against Geraldine: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.