Baseball Preview: Central Tigers vs. Cabot Panthers
Central is 1-9 against Cabot since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Central Tigers are on the road again to play the Cabot Panthers at 5:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
While Central couldn't quite beat Bryant on Tuesday, the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the six-point defeat they were dealt last Wednesday. Central fell just short of Bryant by a score of 5-3.
Meanwhile, Cabot faced Bentonville in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Cabot fell just short of Bentonville by a score of 4-3. Cabot's loss signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
Cabot saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jake Belton, who went 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Belton has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Central's defeat dropped their record down to 10-6. As for Cabot, their loss ended a ten-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 12-2.
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