The Pickerington North Panthers will take on the Teays Valley Vikings at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pickerington North is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.3 runs per game this season.
Pickerington North managed to slip by Bloom-Carroll the last time these teams faced off, but didn't have those same answers this time around. The Panthers lost 12-2 to the Bulldogs on Monday. The Panthers' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Pickerington North saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Xavier Notestone, who went 1-for-2 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Teays Valley, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They walked away with a 9-5 win over Bloom-Carroll on Wednesday.
Teays Valley is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 15 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Pickerington North, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-10.
Pickerington North skirted past Teays Valley 5-4 in their previous matchup back in March of 2019. Do the Panthers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Vikings turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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