Baseball Recap: Quitman Comes Up Short

By Team Reports Apr 17, 2025, 9:16am

Baseball Recap: Quitman Panthers vs. Mendenhall Tigers

After flying high against Raymond last Saturday, Quitman came back down to earth. The Panthers took a 13-8 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Mendenhall Tigers on Tuesday. If the Panthers were looking for revenge after losing 10-0 to the Tigers when the teams met back in April of 2024, then they'll just have to keep looking.

Malik Davis

Runs

04/08/25 @ Mendenhall2
03/22/25 vs Vicksburg2
03/21/25 vs Forest2
04/05/25 @ Raymond1
03/08/25 vs Stringer1
+ 4 more games

Malik Davis was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. He is becoming a predictor of Quitman's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 2-1 (and 10-11 when he doesn't). Daniel Peters was another key player, scoring two runs while going 3-for-4.

Quitman's loss dropped their record down to 12-12. As for Mendenhall, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 9-7.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Quitman beat the Tigers by a score of 5-4 on Friday.

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