Baseball Game Preview: Skyline Eagles vs. West Panthers

Skyline has gone 8-2 against West recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Eagles will face off against the Panthers at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Skyline has three straight victories, West has 37 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

On Friday, Skyline got the win against Highland by a conclusive 14-4. Considering the Eagles have won seven games by more than seven runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

George Zervos

Runs

04/25/25 vs Highland	3
03/31/25 @ East	2
03/17/25 @ Granger	2
03/11/25 vs Woods Cross	2
04/11/25 @ Jordan	1
+ 5 more games

Cole Muse and George Zervos did most of the damage at the plate: Muse went a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI, while Zervos went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Zervos is becoming a predictor of Skyline's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 3-1 (and 6-9 when he doesn't). Peyton PapaDakis also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.

They weren't the only ones making solid contact: Skyline kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least 11 hits in three consecutive contests.

Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for West's offense. They lost 16-0 to Olympus on Friday.

Skyline's win bumped their record up to 9-10. As for West, their loss dropped their record down to 0-19.

West's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Tuesday. Skyline has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 6.8 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for West, though, as they've been averaging only 3.4 strikeouts. Will Skyline keep running through batters, or will the Panthers buck the trend?

Everything went Skyline's way against West in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, as Skyline made off with an 11-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Eagles since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.