Baseball Preview: New Lexington Panthers vs. West Muskingum Tornadoes
The New Lexington Panthers will be playing at home against the West Muskingum Tornadoes at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a four-game winning streak alive.
New Lexington can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Thursday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand River View a 10-0 shutout.
Meanwhile, West Muskingum had just enough and edged Meadowbrook out 5-4 on Friday.
Sam Wiseman made a splash while hitting and pitching. He struck out six batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Wiseman was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with a stolen base.
In other batting news, Rashid Sesay was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-4.
New Lexington's win bumped their record up to 13-2. As for West Muskingum, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season.
New Lexington was able to grind out a solid victory over West Muskingum when the teams last played back in May of 2023, winning 6-3. Will New Lexington repeat their success, or does West Muskingum have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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