Baseball Preview: Elizabethtown Panthers vs. Nelson County Cardinals
The Elizabethtown Panthers are on the road again on Monday to play the Nelson County Cardinals at 5:30 p.m. Elizabethtown will be strutting in after a win while Nelson County will be coming in after a loss.
Elizabethtown can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent match on Thursday. They blew past John Hardin 13-2. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Elizabethtown considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Ryan Bowen and Reed Sherrard did most of the damage at the plate: Bowen scored two runs while going 2-for-3, while Sherrard got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs and a triple. Jake Williams was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-4.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 11 runs the game before, Nelson County was a bit more limited in their game on Thursday. They lost 12-2 to Bethlehem.
Nelson County saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cam Geoghegan, who went 1-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Elizabethtown's victory ended a six-game drought on the road and puts them at 11-12. As for Nelson County, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-10.
Elizabethtown was able to grind out a solid win over Nelson County in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, winning 8-5. The rematch might be a little tougher for Elizabethtown 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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