Baseball Game Preview: Theodore Bobcats vs. Murphy Panthers

For the second straight game, Theodore will face off against Murphy. A feisty cat fight will be fought as Theodore Bobcats duke it out with Murphy Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Theodore took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They blew past Murphy 11-1. Considering the Bobcats have won nine matches by more than six runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.

Chase Caine

Runs Batted In (Career)

03/26/25 vs Murphy	2
03/10/25 vs LeFlore	1
03/10/25 vs LeFlore	1
02/18/25 @ Elberta	1

Chase Caine made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He struck out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and not a single walk). He has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than one walk in six consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going a perfect 1-for-1 with one triple and two RBI. Those two RBI gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, Theodore got a massive performance out of Jaden Davis, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Austin Youngblood, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 1-for-3.

Theodore was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .308 or higher in three consecutive games.

Murphy is on a 30-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-23. As for Theodore, they moved to 9-14 with that win, which also ended their six-game losing streak.