The Paxton-Buckley-Loda Panthers will square off against the Maroa-Forsyth Trojans at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Paxton-Buckley-Loda barely beat Ridgeview the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. Paxton-Buckley-Loda blew past Ridgeview 13-3 on Friday. The Panthers haven't had any issues with the Mustangs recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.
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Tyler Cole made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He is becoming a predictor of Paxton-Buckley-Loda's success: when he allows at most two hits the team is undefeated (and 0-3 when he doesn't). Cole was also stellar in the batter's box, going 1-for-2 with one home run, three runs, and three RBI. That home run was his first of the season.
In other batting news, Charles Cambridge was incredible, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2. Another player making a difference was Connor Murphy, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Paxton-Buckley-Loda was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .444. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in five consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Maroa-Forsyth owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Thursday. Everything went their way against Okaw Valley as Maroa-Forsyth made off with a 9-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Trojans, who have now won three games by seven runs or more so far this season.
The victory got Paxton-Buckley-Loda back to even at 3-3. As for Maroa-Forsyth, the win also got them back to even at 3-3.
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