Baseball Game Preview: Morrow Mustangs vs. Southwest DeKalb Panthers

Mustangs

Runs

02/14/25 @ Heritage	2
02/13/25 vs Mount Vernon	2
02/10/25 vs Heritage	3
02/05/25 vs Carver	21

The Morrow Mustangs will take on the Southwest DeKalb Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Morrow is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7 runs per game this season.

Morrow is headed into Monday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. They fell 5-2 to Heritage.

Morrow saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jadiel Hernandez, who went a perfect2-for-2 with one double and one RBI. That RBI was Hernandez's first of the season.

Meanwhile, Southwest DeKalb didn't have quite enough to beat Chamblee on Saturday and fell 10-9.

Allister Jennings was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring three runs and stealing four bases while going 3-for-4. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in hits (three). Another player making a difference was Desmond McCord, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.

Even though they lost, Southwest DeKalb kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 14 hits. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Chamblee only hit eight hits.

Morrow's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Southwest DeKalb, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.

Morrow came up short against Southwest DeKalb when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 14-10. Can Morrow avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.