Baseball Preview: Carroll County Panthers vs. Walton-Verona Bearcats
The Carroll County Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Walton-Verona Bearcats at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Carroll County is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Anderson County just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Monday. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bearcats. Carroll County has not had much luck with Anderson County recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Coy Willhoite was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 3-for-3.
Meanwhile, Walton-Verona stacked a 13th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Lloyd Memorial an 11-0 shutout.
Mason Howard made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Howard has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances. Howard was also big at the plate, going 2-for-2 with three RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Sawyer Webster was incredible, going 2-for-2 with three RBI, two runs, and a triple. Another player making a difference was Julian Dixon, who went 1-for-2 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
Carroll County's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 18-10. As for Walton-Verona, they pushed their record up to 19-9 with that win, which was their 13th straight at home.
Carroll County suffered a grim 10-1 defeat to Walton-Verona in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Carroll County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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