Baseball Preview: Paulding Panthers vs. Fort Jennings Musketeers
The Paulding Panthers will stay at home for another game and welcome the Fort Jennings Musketeers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Paulding: 3.7, Fort Jennings: 4.1) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Paulding's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 4-0 victory over Ayersville.
The result came thanks to Greyson Harder's shutout, as he gave up just five hits and racked up nine Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Kane Jones, who went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Meanwhile, Fort Jennings put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Continental with a sharp 13-0 win. Winning may never get old, but Fort Jennings sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Paulding's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-5. As for Fort Jennings, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-6 record this season.
Everything went Paulding's way against Fort Jennings in their previous matchup back in May of 2022 as Paulding made off with a 12-4 win. Does Paulding have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fort Jennings turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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