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| 04/18/24 - Home | 9-2 W |
| 04/16/24 - Away | 3-2 W |
| 04/22/23 - Away | 1-7 L |
| 04/20/23 - Home | 11-1 W |
| 04/23/22 - Home | 9-3 W |
| + 5 more games |
Grissom and Huntsville are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2019, but likely not for long. The Tigers will welcome the Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Huntsville will be up against a hot Grissom squad: the team just extended their winning streak to five. The Tigers never let Albertville get on the board and left with a 7-0 win on Saturday. Considering the Tigers have won 11 games by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Huntsville got the win against St. John Paul II on Monday by a conclusive 16-6. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
Truitt Taylor looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up just one earned run but no hits. He is becoming a predictor of Huntsville's success: when he allows at most two hits the team is 4-2 (and 12-16 when he doesn't).
At the plate, Wyatt Howell and Landon Scott did most of the damage at the plate: Howell went a perfect 3-for-3 with three doubles, four RBI, and one run, while Scott went a perfect 2-for-2 with three RBI, one triple, and one run. Those two hits gave Scott a new career-high. Alex Cothren was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Huntsville always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .545. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Grissom's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-9. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.0 runs over those games. As for Huntsville, their victory bumped their record up to 16-18.
Grissom took their win against Huntsville when the teams last played back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 9-2 score. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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