Baseball Game Preview: Englewood Stem Panthers vs. Perspectives Leadership/Technology Warriors

The Englewood Stem Panthers are taking a road trip to take on the Perspectives Leadership/Technology Warriors at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Englewood Stem is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.

On Thursday, Englewood Stem sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Dyett. The two-run effort marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Joe Love

Stolen Base

04/24/25 vs Dyett	3
04/22/25 @ Dyett	2
04/19/25 @ Chicago Vocational	2

The team relied heavily on Joe Love, who earned one run and three stolen bases. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now snagged two or more in each of the last three games he's played. Marshaun Todd also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.

Englewood Stem always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .625. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .533 or higher in five consecutive games.

Meanwhile, Perspectives Leadership/Technology hadn't done well against Corliss recently (they were 1-6 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. The Warriors put the hurt on the Trojans with a sharp 16-2 victory. That looming 16-2 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Warriors yet this season.

Perspectives Leadership/Technology pushed their record up to 4-3 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.7 runs over those games. As for Englewood Stem, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.