Baseball Preview: Hermitage Panthers vs. Freeman Mavericks
Hermitage is 0-10 against Freeman since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Hermitage Panthers will head out on the road to take on the Freeman Mavericks at 6:00 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, it was close, but Hermitage sidestepped J.R. Tucker for a 2-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Hermitage.
Hermitage got a great performance from Sam Maxwell as he struck out 11 batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off seven hits.
At the plate, Nick Suitte was excellent, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with a triple and a run.
Meanwhile, Freeman sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 6-5 win over Caroline on Monday.
Hermitage's victory bumped their record up to 4-9. As for Freeman, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-4.
Hermitage suffered a grim 13-4 defeat to Freeman when the teams last played on April 9th. Can Hermitage avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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