Baseball Preview: Mooresville Pioneers vs. North Central Panthers
The Mooresville Pioneers will take on the North Central Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Mooresville will be looking to extend their current 18-game winning streak.
On Thursday, it was close, but Mooresville sidestepped Plainfield for a 4-2 win.
Levi Dorn was excellent, going 1-for-2 with a stolen base and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Deklan Thompson, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for North Central, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-6 victory over Ben Davis on Wednesday.
Jackson Dinnsen looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over four innings pitched.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Rykin Matthias, who scored two runs while going 3-for-4. The team also got some help courtesy of Stryker Swenson, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Mooresville's win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-2. As for North Central, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-6 record this season.
Everything went Mooresville's way against North Central in their previous meeting back in May of 2022 as Mooresville made off with an 11-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mooresville since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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