Baseball Preview: Morehead Panthers vs. Pelion Panthers
The Morehead Panthers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Pelion Panthers at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
In what's become a running theme this season, Morehead gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Man as Morehead made off with a 17-4 win.
Lucas Brooks was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Brooks has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up a single hit in three consecutive pitching appearances. Brooks was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
In other batting news, Morehead got a massive performance out of Brittyn Barnes, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Zachary Grogan, who went 2-for-5 with four RBI and two runs.
Meanwhile, Pelion had to endure a three-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Wayne on Tuesday and snuck past 7-5.
Morehead's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-0. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.2 runs per game. As for Pelion, the win got them back to even at 3-3.
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