Baseball Game Preview: Carroll County Panthers vs. Owen County Rebels

Panthers

Runs

04/22/25 vs Owen County	8
04/19/25 vs Oldham County	2
04/17/25 @ Trimble County	15
04/15/25 vs Trimble County	16
04/02/25 vs Switzerland County	6
+ 7 more games

For the second straight game, Carroll County will face off against Owen County. The Panthers will challenge the Rebels at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Carroll County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.1 runs per game this season.

Carroll County will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Owen County, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. The Panthers came out on top against the Rebels by a score of 8-3 on Tuesday.

Preston Snow was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching seven innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off seven hits. Snow was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Coy Willhoite, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. Another player making a difference was Bryce Furnish, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.

Carroll County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .423. The last time their batting average was this high was back in May of 2024.

Owen County's loss dropped their record down to 7-6. As for Carroll County, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season.