The Pelham Panthers will square off against the Orange Beach Makos at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Pelham's pitching crew has only allowed 3.7 runs per game this season, so Orange Beach's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Pelham's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Tuesday's struggle, when Briarwood Christian hitters got past them. Pelham came up short against Briarwood Christian on Tuesday, falling 14-4. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Lions recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, Orange Beach won against T.R. Miller on Thursday with five runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. Orange Beach beat Priceville by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 5-2. The victory was nothing new for the Makos as they're now sitting on three straight.
Orange Beach got a great performance from Matthew Hoover as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, Cooper Sanders and Eric Rogers did most of the damage at the plate: Sanders scored a run while going 4-for-4, while Rogers scored a run and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Rogers also put up a double, which was his first of the season. Another player making a difference was Joel Chandler, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.
Orange Beach pushed their record up to 4-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Pelham, their loss dropped their record down to 5-2.
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