Baseball Preview: Orange Panthers vs. Voyager Vikings
The Orange Panthers will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against the Voyager Vikings at 6:00 p.m. Orange will be looking to keep their nine-game home win streak alive.
On Tuesday, Orange beat Person 4-1.
Ryan Honeycutt was incredible, going 3-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Cameron Guentensberger, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Voyager gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. They put the hurt on Oxford Prep with a sharp 8-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Voyager.
Carrick Ryan made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out 12 batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off four hits (and only one walk). Ryan has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Ryan was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Adam Freiburger, who went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI. Another player making a difference was Bryce Smith, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Orange has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. As for Voyager, their victory bumped their record up to 9-7.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Wednesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Orange has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 9.9 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Voyager struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.1. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
Orange couldn't quite finish off Voyager in their previous meeting back in February of 2018 and fell 5-3. Can Orange avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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