The Williamsville South Billies will venture away from home to square off against the Sweet Home Panthers at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
It was a classic North v. South duel when Williamsville South faced off against Williamsville North on Saturday. The Billies fell 10-6 to the Spartans. The Billies' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sweet Home). They blew past Maryvale 11-5 on Saturday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
Eli Hansen made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only two hits over four innings pitched. He also tossed no walks, which is notable because Sweet Home is 2-0-1 when he allows at most two walks, but 4-6 otherwise. Hansen was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with one run and one double. Those two hits gave him a new career-high.
In other batting news, Jacob Brand was incredible, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with two stolen bases, two RBI, and one run. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Tom Caruana, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with one run and one RBI.
Sweet Home always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .542. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Williamsville South's loss dropped their record down to 6-6. As for Sweet Home, the victory got them back to even at 6-6-1.
Williamsville South was able to grind out a solid win over Sweet Home when the teams last played back in April of 2024, winning 11-6. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Billies since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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