Baseball Recap: Panther Valley turns things around after tough road loss

By Team Reports Apr 25, 2024, 12:54pm

Baseball Recap: Panther Valley Panthers vs. Shenandoah Valley Blue Devils

There's no place like home for Panther Valley, who bounced back after a tough loss on the road on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Shenandoah Valley Blue Devils on Wednesday and snuck past 9-7. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Panther Valley also won the last time the pair played on April 7th.

Panther Valley got a massive performance out of Andrew Kokinda, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Chase Weaver, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3.

On Shenandoah Valley's side, they saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chase McCole, who scored a run while going 3-for-3.

Panther Valley's victory bumped their record up to 9-4. As for Shenandoah Valley, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-9.

Panther Valley will head out on the road to face off against Jim Thorpe at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Shenandoah Valley, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Lehighton at 4:30 p.m. Lehighton is strutting in with some hitting muscle, as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.

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