The Green Bobcats will square off against the Clay Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Green is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.4 runs per game this season.
Green is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Southern just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 5-2 to the Tornadoes. Having soared to a lofty 19 runs in the game before, the Bobcats couldn't push the score so high this time.
Landon Kimbler was huge no matter where he played even without the win. On the mound, he tossed 4.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Kimbler was also solid in the batter's box, going 1-for-3 with one stolen base and one run.
Kimbler wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Noah McMackin, who went 2-for-3 with one RBI. Quincy Merrill also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Meanwhile, Clay entered their tilt with West Union on Saturday with four consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with five. They put the hurt on the Dragons with a sharp 13-1 victory. While the Panthers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 8-11), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Clay's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.2 runs over those games. As for Green, their loss dropped their record down to 8-2.
Green beat Clay 6-1 in their previous meeting on April 2nd. Do the Bobcats have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Panthers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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