Baseball Preview: Keystone Panthers vs. Karns City Gremlins
Keystone is 0-10 against Karns City since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Keystone Panthers are on the road again to play the Karns City Gremlins at 3:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Keystone is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against East Forest/West Forest on Thursday as Keystone made off with a 19-5 victory. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded Keystone with their most commanding win of the season.
Meanwhile, while Karns City put up some runs on Thursday, the same can't be said for West Shamokin. Karns City blew past West Shamokin 10-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Karns City.
Adam Manuel was a major factor no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit while striking out eight over five innings pitched. Manuel was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with a triple and a double.
In other batting news, Hobie Bartoe was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-3. Another player making a difference was Troy Nagel, who went 1-for-2 with a triple and two RBI.
Keystone is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season. As for Karns City, their win bumped their record up to 10-2.
Keystone might still be hurting after the 15-0 loss they got from Karns City in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Keystone, Mallick Metcalfe (who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-2) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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