Baseball Preview: Jimtown Jimmies vs. Penn Kingsmen
The Jimtown Jimmies are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Penn Kingsmen at 5:30 p.m. Jimtown is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.
Jimtown will head into Saturday's contest ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Fairfield on Saturday, but the two-run margin was a huge improvement compared to the eight-run loss they were dealt on Wednesday. Jimtown fell just short of Fairfield by a score of 5-3.
Jimtown saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Aiden Carithers, who went 2-for-2 with a double.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Penn ultimately got the result they hoped for on Monday. They had just enough and edged South Bend St. Joseph out 3-2. Winning may never get old, but Penn sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Jimtown's defeat dropped their record down to 13-6. As for Penn, their victory bumped their record up to 13-7.
Jimtown skirted past Penn 2-1 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Jimtown 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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