Baseball Preview: Columbus Discoverers vs. Norfolk Panthers
Columbus is 8-2 against Norfolk since March of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Columbus Discoverers will head out on the road to face off against the Norfolk Panthers at 2:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Wednesday, Columbus suffered a tough 7-1 loss at the hands of Pius X. Columbus has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Columbus saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jarrett Bell, who went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Bell has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, Norfolk didn't have quite enough to beat Lincoln North Star on Wednesday and fell 3-1.
Columbus' defeat dropped their record down to 4-12. As for Norfolk, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost eight of their last nine games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-10 record this season.
Columbus came up short against Norfolk when the teams last played on Wednesday, falling 4-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Norfolk's C.J. Hoffman, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out eight over six innings pitched. Now that Columbus knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
