Baseball Preview: Siloam Springs Panthers vs. Gentry Pioneers
Siloam Springs has been on the road for eight straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Gentry Pioneers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Siloam Springs will be strutting in after a win while Gentry will be coming in after a loss.
Last Tuesday, it was close, but Siloam Springs sidestepped Alma for a 4-3 victory. The win was just what Siloam Springs needed coming off of a 14-4 defeat in their prior match.
Nolan Wills was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-3. Jack O'brien was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Gentry fell victim to Warren and their airtight pitching crew on Friday. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 10-0 to the Lumberjacks, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. Gentry just can't catch a break and has now endured three losses in a row.
Siloam Springs' victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-7. As for Gentry, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-7.
Everything went Siloam Springs' way against Gentry when the teams last played back in February as Siloam Springs made off with a 12-2 win. Does Siloam Springs have another victory up their sleeve, or will Gentry turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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