Baseball Preview: Royal Valley Panthers vs. Nemaha Central Thunder
Royal Valley is 0-10 against Nemaha Central since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Royal Valley Panthers will look to defend their home field against the Nemaha Central Thunder at 4:30 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Tuesday just wasn't the day for Royal Valley's offense. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 15-0 walloping at the hands of Santa Fe Trail last Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that Royal Valley has lost by exactly 15 runs.
Meanwhile, Nemaha Central was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They suffered a tough 11-1 loss at the hands of Junction City. That's two games in a row now that Nemaha Central has lost by exactly ten runs.
Nemaha Central saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Reese Gerety, who went 1-for-2 with a triple and a run.
Royal Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Nemaha Central, they have fallen quite a ways from their 14-5 record last season and are now at 1-3.
Royal Valley couldn't quite finish off Nemaha Central in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 and fell 8-6. Thankfully for Royal Valley, Brayden Uphaus (who struck out ten batters over 5.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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