Baseball Preview: Early Panthers vs. Skyline Tigers
The Early Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Skyline Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Early will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Early will head into Monday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 14) but on Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Conway out 4-2.
Jacob Presley spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on four hits and racked up 12 Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Early saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landen Burrow, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2.
Skyline lost 15-5 to Warsaw last Monday.
Early has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. As for Skyline, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-11.
Early skirted past Skyline 9-8 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Early since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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