For the second straight game, Whitesboro will face off against Paradise. The Bearcats will venture away from home to take on the Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Whitesboro is coming into the game hot, having won their last four games.
It was a proper cat-fight when Whitesboro duked it out with Paradise on Tuesday. The Bearcats had just enough and edged out the Panthers 2-1. That's two games straight that the Bearcats have won by just one run.
For Paradise's part, Kolten Neil was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits (and only one walk). Neil has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in four consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, Paradise saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Leland Mattern, who went 1-for-2 with one double.
Whitesboro's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-11. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.7 runs on average over those games. As for Paradise, they moved to 10-8-2 with that loss, which also ended their seven-game winning streak.
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