Baseball Game Preview: Walter Panas Panthers vs. Pleasantville Panthers

Walter Panas will take on Pleasantville at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Walter Panas is coming into the match hot, having won their last nine games.

If Walter Panas beats Pleasantville with eight runs on Monday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. The Panthers sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with an 8-7 win over Mahopac on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Pleasantville didn't have quite enough to beat Hendrick Hudson on Thursday and fell 8-7. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Sailors recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.

Walter Panas' victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-3. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.8 runs over those games. As for Pleasantville, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-6.