Baseball Preview: Castle Knights vs. Gibson Southern Titans
Castle is 6-1 against Gibson Southern since May of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Castle Knights will be playing at home against the Gibson Southern Titans at 3:00 p.m. Gibson Southern took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Castle, who comes in off a win.
Castle gave their fans exactly what they wanted out of a home opener on Tuesday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Daviess County a 14-0 shutout.
Will Coleman made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out nine over four innings pitched. Coleman was also big at the plate, scoring three runs while going 3-for-4.
In other batting news, Castle got a massive performance out of Noah Drake, who went 3-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Landin Lis, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4.
Gibson Southern kicked off their season on the road on Monday and hit a couple of potholes. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 7-0 walloping at the hands of Evansville Reitz.
Gibson Southern saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Spencer Staggs, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Castle was able to grind out a solid win over Gibson Southern when the teams last played back in April of 2023, winning 5-0. Will Castle repeat their success, or does Gibson Southern have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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