Baseball Game Preview: Fort Wayne Snider Panthers vs. Huntington North Vikings

Panthers

Runs

04/23/25 vs DeKalb	5
04/21/25 @ Fort Wayne North Side	31
04/18/25 @ Fort Wayne Northrop	14
04/18/25 vs Fort Wayne Northrop	14
04/17/25 vs Fort Wayne North Side	30
+ 2 more games

The Fort Wayne Snider Panthers will head out to challenge the Huntington North Vikings at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Fort Wayne Snider is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 15.1 runs per game this season.

Fort Wayne Snider is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering DeKalb just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell 9-5 to the Barons.

Isaiah Snavely was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in two of his four plate appearances with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Brandon Logan, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base.

Meanwhile, Huntington North waltzed into their game on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They came out on top against the Squires by a score of 9-6. While the Vikings didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.

Brady Harris looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off two hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (four).

On the hitting side, Cruz Kindler was a standout: he got on base in all four of his plate appearances with three runs, three RBI, and two doubles. He continues to improve, besting his previous run total in each of the last three games he's played. Brodee Swaidner was another key player, going a perfect 3-for-3 with four runs, one stolen base, and one double.

Huntington North's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-4. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.7 runs over those games. As for Fort Wayne Snider, their loss dropped their record down to 5-2.