Baseball Preview: Granville Central Panthers vs. Southern Durham Spartans
The Granville Central Panthers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Southern Durham Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Granville Central has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with six straight losses, while Southern Durham will come in with four straight victories.
Granville Central lost a close one when they played on Tuesday but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Thursday was a bit more commanding. They fell victim to a tough 10-1 loss at the hands of Vance Charter.
Granville Central saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Holden Cheek, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Southern Durham narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Louisburg 10-9. That's two games straight that Southern Durham has won by just one run.
The team relied heavily on Elisha Roberts, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last six times he's played.
Granville Central's defeat dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Southern Durham, they pushed their record up to 6-5 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
Granville Central came out on top in a nail-biter against Southern Durham in their previous matchup back in March of 2023, sneaking past 9-7. Will Granville Central repeat their success, or does Southern Durham have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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