Baseball Game Preview: River Valley Panthers vs. Greater Johnstown Trojans

River Valley is on a five-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, and Greater Johnstown a 17-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Tuesday. The River Valley Panthers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Greater Johnstown Trojans at 3:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

River Valley fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Portage on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Mustangs by a score of 7-5. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Panthers have suffered since April 16, 2024.

Merreck Smith was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with one home run.

Meanwhile, Greater Johnstown didn't have quite enough to beat Bishop Carroll on Monday and fell 4-3.

Donte Tisinger made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.

River Valley's loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Greater Johnstown, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.