The Yellville-Summit Panthers will venture away from home to take on the Cave City Cavemen at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Yellville-Summit has given up an average of 12.1 runs per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Tuesday just wasn't the day for Yellville-Summit's offense. They lost 16-0 to Salem on Tuesday. Having soared to a lofty 20 runs in the game before, the Panthers' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, Cave City fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Flippin on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Bobcats by a score of 7-6. The Cavemen haven't had much luck with the Bobcats recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Silas Maiga was huge no matter where he played even without the win. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run over 4.1 innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in earned runs (zero). He was also big at the plate, going a perfect 4-for-4 with one run and one RBI.
In other batting news, Colton Johnson made the most of his time in the batter's box despite the final result and went 3-for-5 with three RBI, one run, and one double. Haiden Herndon also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen bases of the season.
Yellville-Summit's loss dropped their record down to 6-12. As for Cave City, they now have a losing record of 9-10.
Yellville-Summit suffered a grim 12-0 defeat to Cave City when the teams last played back in March. Can the Panthers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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