Baseball Preview: Perry Commodores vs. Pandora-Gilboa Rockets
The Perry Commodores will head out on the road to face off against the Pandora-Gilboa Rockets at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Perry is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
Perry's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Spencerville 1-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Perry.
Perry's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Brady Shively, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.
Meanwhile, Pandora-Gilboa was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell 6-3 to Paulding.
Colin Harris was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, he tossed six innings while giving up just two earned (and four unearned) runs off four hits. Harris was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Perry is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-8-1 record this season. As for Pandora-Gilboa, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-16.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Saturday as neither team is afraid to steal. Perry has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 5.1 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like Pandora-Gilboa struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.1. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Perry was able to grind out a solid win over Pandora-Gilboa in their previous meeting back in May of 2015, winning 7-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for Perry since the team 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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