Baseball Game Preview: Pickerington North Panthers vs. St. Charles Cardinals

Panthers

Runs

05/02/25 @ Westerville Central	1
04/30/25 vs Lincoln	12
04/28/25 vs Lincoln	18
04/25/25 vs New Albany	6
04/23/25 @ New Albany	7
+ 9 more games

The Pickerington North Panthers will challenge the St. Charles Cardinals at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Pickerington North is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8 runs per game this season.

Pickerington North is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Westerville Central on Friday. They fell just short of the Warhawks by a score of 2-1.

Keegan Reuscher was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he tossed six innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. What's more, he gave up only one walk, the fewest he's had since back in April of 2024.

At the plate, Pickerington North saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jackson Turnbull, who went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases.

Meanwhile, St. Charles was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They were two runs away from ending the streak, but they lost a 7-5 heartbreaker at the hands of St. Francis DeSales. That's two games in a row now that the Cardinals have lost by exactly two runs.

Pickerington North's defeat dropped their record down to 7-7. As for St. Charles, their loss dropped their record down to 5-10.