The Ashdown Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Nashville Scrappers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
Ashdown is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering De Queen just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of the Leopards by a score of 4-3.
Ashdown saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Grayson Porter, who went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Caleb Blankenship, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with a double.
Meanwhile, Nashville came tearing into Tuesday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.7 runs) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with an 11-6 victory over the Cardinals.
Ashdown's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-9. As for Nashville, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season.
Ashdown skirted past Nashville 4-3 in their previous meeting on April 1st. The rematch might be a little tougher for Ashdown since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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