Baseball Game Preview: Patton Panthers vs. North Stanly Comets

The Patton Panthers are taking a road trip to square off against the North Stanly Comets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Patton comes in on four and North Stanly on six.

Patton is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Trinity 7-5.

River McCrary

Runs Batted In (Career)

05/12/26 @ Trinity	2
04/20/26 @ Erwin	1
03/24/26 vs R-S Central	1
03/20/26 vs Draughn	1

The team relied heavily on River McCrary, who went 3-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and one stolen base. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Another player making a difference was Gavin Johnson, who went 2-for-3 with two runs and one stolen base.

Patton was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .424. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .371 or higher in four consecutive contests.

Meanwhile, North Stanly owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Tuesday. They were the clear victors by a 7-0 margin over Union Academy. Considering the Comets have won 18 matchups by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Patton's record now sits at 17-10. As for North Stanly, their record is now 24-4.