Baseball Preview: Riverside Panthers vs. Huntingdon Mustangs
The Riverside Panthers are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Huntingdon Mustangs at 12:30 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Riverside can't be too worried about heading out to take on Huntingdon: they just beat Sweetwater at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Riverside came out on top in a nail-biter against Sweetwater on Tuesday and snuck past 5-3.
Stone Wallace was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 13 over seven innings pitched. Wallace has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances. Wallace was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Wallace wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Cole Yarbro, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base, a double, and an RBI. Yarbro has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Jase England was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Huntingdon waltzed into their game on Tuesday with ten straight wins... but they left with 11. Everything went their way against the Owls as they made off with a 10-1 victory. Considering Huntingdon has won nine matchups by more than seven runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Riverside is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-16 record this season. As for Huntingdon, they pushed their record up to 21-4 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.
Riverside beat Huntingdon 10-7 in their previous matchup back in April of 2016. Does Riverside have another victory up their sleeve, or will Huntingdon turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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