Baseball Game Preview: Carolina Forest Panthers vs. St. James Sharks

For the second straight game, Carolina Forest will face off against St. James. Carolina Forest is taking a road trip to challenge St. James at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Carolina Forest will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.

Carolina Forest is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on St. James with a sharp 13-3 win on Monday. With that victory, the Panthers brought their scoring average up to 6.4 runs per game.

Brice Urso

Hits (Career)

03/24/25 vs St. James	3
03/18/25 vs Socastee	2
03/15/25 vs Sumter	1
03/04/25 vs Hartsville	1
03/01/25 @ West Florence	1

Carolina Forest got a massive performance out of Brice Urso, who went 3-for-4 with one home run and three runs. Those three hits gave Urso a new career-high. Jalen Collins was another key player, going 1-for-2 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI.

Carolina Forest was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .423. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. James only posted a batting average of .286.

Carolina Forest's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-2. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for St. James, with the loss, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 4-6.

The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Wednesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. Carolina Forest has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 8.5 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like St. James struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.6 strikeouts. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one. Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other baseball content.