Baseball Preview: Fort Wayne Snider Panthers vs. Fort Wayne Bishop Luers Knights
The Fort Wayne Snider Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Fort Wayne Bishop Luers Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Fort Wayne Snider is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.1 runs per game this season.
Fort Wayne Snider is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Saints by a score of 6-5.
Aaron Brewer was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers can now show off nine landslide victories after their most recent contest on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Fort Wayne North Side as Fort Wayne Bishop Luers made off with a 15-4 win. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Fort Wayne Bishop Luers considering their two-run performance the matchup before.
Travis North made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out nine over five innings pitched. North has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. North was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Jacob Felger, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. Ben Kiracofe was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and a triple.
Fort Wayne Snider's loss dropped their record down to 10-9. As for Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, their record is now 13-10.
Fort Wayne Snider couldn't quite finish off Fort Wayne Bishop Luers in their previous matchup back in April and fell 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fort Wayne Bishop Luers' Isaac Zay, who didn't allow a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 11 over seven innings pitched. Now that Fort Wayne Snider knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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