The Mehlville Panthers will face off against the Lindbergh Flyers at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Mehlville sitting on four straight wins and Lindbergh on three.
On Wednesday, Mehlville had just enough and edged out Clayton 4-3. That's two games straight that the Panthers have won by just one run.
Meanwhile, Lindbergh made easy work of Parkway West on Wednesday and carried off an 8-1 victory. The result was nothing new for the Flyers, who have now won eight matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
Jon Calcaterra tossed a big game, striking out six batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and only one walk). That's the most strikeouts he has posted over his last three games.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Luke Seiler, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run and three runs. That home run marked the first that he launched this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Carter Heavey, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Lindbergh was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .379. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive contests.
Mehlville pushed their record up to 6-2 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Lindbergh, their win bumped their record up to 10-3-1.
Mehlville suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Lindbergh in their previous meeting back in March. Will the Panthers have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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