Baseball Game Preview: Elizabethtown Panthers vs. Larue County Hawks

By Team Reports Apr 24, 2024, 8:15am

Baseball Preview: Elizabethtown Panthers vs. Larue County Hawks

The Elizabethtown Panthers will play host again on Thursday to welcome the Larue County Hawks, where first pitch is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.

On Tuesday, Elizabethtown came up short against North Hardin and fell 5-1.

Elizabethtown got a good showing from Hayden Willett, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits.

At the plate, Nolan Maggard was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI.

Meanwhile, Larue County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell just short of Green County by a score of 2-0. That's two games in a row now that Larue County has lost by exactly two runs.

Elizabethtown's loss dropped their record down to 9-8. As for Larue County, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-11.

Everything went Elizabethtown's way against Larue County when the teams last played back in March as Elizabethtown made off with a 9-2 victory. Will Elizabethtown repeat their success, or does Larue County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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