The Jersey Panthers will take on the Edwardsville Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Edwardsville took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Jersey, who comes in off a win.
Jersey's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Carrollton, sneaking past 2-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Panthers have posted since April 16th.
Not much got past Paxton Weirich, who gave up just three hits to keep Carrollton off the board. Weirich has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up a single earned run in three consecutive appearances.
Meanwhile, Edwardsville came up short against Belleville East on Thursday and fell 9-5.
Jersey has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-12-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.6 runs over those games. As for Edwardsville, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 9-1 and their overall record down to 21-8.
Jersey couldn't quite finish off Edwardsville when the teams last played back in May of 2023 and fell 2-0. Can the Panthers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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