Baseball Game Preview: Collinsville Panthers vs. Geraldine Bulldogs

Panthers

Runs

03/11/25 @ Geraldine	8
03/10/25 vs Ider	11
03/06/25 @ Section	16
03/03/25 @ North Sand Mountain	3
03/01/25 @ Sumiton Christian	13
+ 7 more games

Collinsville is on a 13-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Geraldine is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Collinsville Panthers will host the Geraldine Bulldogs at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Collinsville is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.7 runs per game this season.

On Tuesday, Collinsville was able to grind out a solid victory over Geraldine, taking the game 8-4.

Gavin Lang was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 15 over 6.2 innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one hit in five consecutive appearances. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-5 with three RBI, one triple, and one double. That triple marked the first that he hit this season.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jake Middlebrooks, who went 2-for-3 with one home run and three RBI. That home run was his first of the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Kyler Beene, who scored three runs and stole Three bases.

Collinsville was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .412. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .409 or higher in three consecutive matches.

Collinsville is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. Geraldine moved to 6-7 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak.