Baseball Game Preview: Princeton Tigers vs. Putnam County Panthers

Tigers

Runs

05/02/25 vs Orion	3
05/01/25 @ Kewanee	6
04/29/25 vs Newman Central Catholic	2
04/28/25 vs Kewanee	3
04/26/25 @ Mendota	13
+ 12 more games

Princeton is on a three-game streak of home losses, and Putnam County a three-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Saturday. The Princeton Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Putnam County Panthers at 10:00 a.m. Princeton is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.

Princeton came into their game on Friday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They lost 11-3 to Orion.

Princeton saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tyler Forristall, who went 1-for-2 with two runs and one stolen base.

Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Putnam County's offense. They fell just short of Marquette by a score of 2-0 on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Panthers have suffered against the Crusaders since May 10, 2022.

Putnam County's loss dropped their record down to 15-7. As for Princeton, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-7-2.

Princeton couldn't quite finish off Putnam County in their previous matchup back in April of 2022 and fell 13-11. Will the Tigers have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.