Baseball Preview: Princeton Tigers vs. Evansville Reitz Panthers
The Princeton Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Evansville Reitz Panthers at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. The pair are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
On Wednesday, everything went Princeton's way against West Vigo as Princeton made off with a 14-2 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Princeton.
Ryne Wilhite made a splash no matter where he played. He struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Wilhite was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, Princeton got a massive performance out of Taylor Turpin, who went 3-for-4 with five RBI, a run, and a double. Quinn Bush was another key contributor, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Evansville Reitz took care of business in their home opener on Monday (and then some). Their pitchers stepped up to hand Gibson Southern a 7-0 shutout.
Princeton might still be hurting after the 14-4 defeat they got from Evansville Reitz in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Thankfully for Princeton, Mason Wargel (who tossed four innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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