Baseball Recap: Riverton Parke Panthers vs. North Central Thunderbirds
Riverton Parke waltzed into their matchup on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They walked away with a 9-4 win over the North Central Thunderbirds. This was payback for Riverton Parke, who suffered a 10-8 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Brody McConnell looked comfortable as he pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits.
At the plate, Riverton Parke let Collett Sanders and Jackson While loose on the outfield. Sanders scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3, while While scored two runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Sanders has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Riverton Parke is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-8 record this season. As for North Central, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-12.
Riverton Parke has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Covington at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Riverton Parke is facing Covington at the right time seeing as Covington is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for North Central, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Dugger Union at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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