Baseball Preview: Early Panthers vs. Clever Blue Jays
Early is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Clever is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Early Panthers will take on the Clever Blue Jays at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Early beats Clever with seven runs on Monday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Early came out on top against Galena by a score of 7-3 on Friday. That's two games straight that Early has won by exactly four runs.
Landen Burrow made a splash no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits over six innings pitched. Burrow was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Garret Loftis was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Clever stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Buffalo with a sharp 11-5 win.
Early has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-3 record this season. As for Clever, their victory bumped their record up to 14-7.
Early came up short against Clever in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, falling 11-7. Will Early have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
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