The Lafayette Commodores will face off against the South Panola Tigers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Lafayette is returning to their home field after beating Starkville on theirs, despite the fact Starkville has dominated at home this season. The Commodores came out on top in a nail-biter against the Yellowjackets on Thursday, sneaking past 6-4. That's two games straight that the Commodores have won by exactly two runs.
Landon Cobbs
| 04/17/25 @ Starkville | 3 |
| 04/08/25 @ West Point | 2 |
| 03/13/24 @ Water Valley | 2 |
| 03/13/24 @ Water Valley | 2 |
| 03/21/25 @ Clarksdale | 1 |
Landon Cobbs was incredible, going 2-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and one stolen base. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. Levi Hamm was another key player, going 2-for-4 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, South Panola had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.4 runs) and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 6-5 W against the Mustangs.
The team relied heavily on Jamarion Ingram, who went 2-for-5 with one triple, two RBI, and one run. That triple was his first of the season. Another player making a difference was Holden Daleke, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with three runs.
Lafayette pushed their record up to 18-8 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.9 runs over those games. As for South Panola, their win bumped their record up to 16-8.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Saturday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Lafayette has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like South Panola struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 8.9 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Everything went Lafayette's way against South Panola in their previous meeting back in February, as Lafayette made off with an 8-1 victory. Do the Commodores have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Tigers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
