Baseball Preview: Washington Panthers vs. Normal Community Ironmen
The Washington Panthers will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Normal Community Ironmen at 11:00 a.m. Washington will be looking to keep their six-game home win streak alive.
Washington's hitters might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Glenwood on Friday. They fell just short of the Titans by a score of 1-0. Washington has not had much luck with Glenwood recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Garrett Cox was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out ten over 5.1 innings pitched.
At the plate, Washington saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Braden Vanderheydt, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Even though they lost, Washington didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Glenwood only tossed seven.
Meanwhile, Normal Community earned a 9-4 victory over Normal West on Wednesday. That's two games straight that Normal Community has won by exactly five runs.
Washington's defeat dropped their record down to 11-4. As for Normal Community, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 17-1.
Washington came out on top in a nail-biter against Normal Community when the teams last played back in April of 2017, sneaking past 8-7. Does Washington have another victory up their sleeve, or will Normal Community turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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