The Wicksburg Panthers will take on the Charles Henderson Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Wicksburg is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Northside Methodist Academy on Thursday as they made off with a 15-3 victory. The Panthers haven't had any issues with the Knights recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.
Meanwhile, Charles Henderson waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Tigers a 6-0 shutout. Considering the Trojans have won 11 contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Cole Pugh was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-2. What's more, he posted two RBI, the most he's had since back in February. Another player making a difference was Cooper Johnson, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
Charles Henderson pushed their record up to 16-9 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games. As for Wicksburg, their victory bumped their record up to 9-7.
Everything went Wicksburg's way against Charles Henderson when the teams last played back in March of 2018, as Wicksburg made off with a 14-5 win. Will the Panthers repeat their success, or do the Trojans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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