The Porterville Panthers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Fowler Redcats at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Porterville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They never let Chowchilla onto the board and left with a 7-0 victory. Considering Porterville has won nine matchups by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Fowler came tearing into Tuesday's match with ten straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.1 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 win over the Panthers. Five seems to be a good number for Fowler as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Porterville has been performing well recently as they've won 13 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season. As for Fowler, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 24-5.
Porterville was able to grind out a solid victory over Fowler in their previous matchup back in March of 2015, winning 8-5. Does Porterville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fowler turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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