The Merryville Panthers will face off against the Grand Lake Hornets at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Merryville is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.3 runs per game this season.
It was a proper cat-fight when Merryville faced off against Oberlin on Thursday. The Panthers fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 5-4.
Merryville saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cole C. Mirante, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI. Another was Kanyon Treme, who scored a run.
Meanwhile, Grand Lake waltzed into their matchup on Friday with ten straight wins... but they left with 11. They never let the Warriors get on the board and left with a 13-0 win. The Hornets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 13 games by six runs or more this season.
Grand Lake's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-5. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.0 runs over those games. As for Merryville, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 7-7 record this season.
Merryville might still be hurting after the 20-1 defeat they got from Grand Lake in their previous meeting back in April of 2022. Can the Panthers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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