Baseball Preview: Oakwood Panthers vs. Slocum Mustangs
The Oakwood Panthers will head out on the road to take on the Slocum Mustangs at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Oakwood will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Oakwood scored the most runs they've had all season to find success on Tuesday. Everything went their way against North Zulch as Oakwood made off with an 18-4 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Oakwood let Johnny Russell and Eddy Ramirez loose on the outfield. Russell went 4-for-5 with four RBI and two runs, while Ramirez scored four runs while getting on base in all six of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Gavin Wilbanks, who got on base in five of his six plate appearances with a stolen base and an RBI.
Slocum won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune last Friday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 13-6 walloping at the hands of Oakwood.
Oakwood pushed their record up to 4-3-1 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.0 runs per game. As for Slocum, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-9.
Everything went Oakwood's way against Slocum when the teams last played last Friday as Oakwood made off with a 13-6 victory. Will Oakwood repeat their success, or does Slocum have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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