The Whitman-Hanson Regional Panthers will face off against the Hanover Hawks at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Whitman-Hanson Regional will be strutting in after a victory while Hanover will be coming in after a loss.
Fans were treated to a battle of the Panthers on Wednesday. Whitman-Hanson Regional won by a run and slipped past Plymouth South 4-3. Whitman-Hanson Regional hasn't had any issues with Plymouth South recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.
Tyler Pruitt was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
The home team had won the previous three meetings between Hanover and Plymouth North, and Plymouth North kept the tradition alive. The Hawks fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 6-5 on Wednesday.
Cole Hendrickson was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and four unearned) runs off six hits. Hendrickson was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs while going 4-for-4.
Hendrickson wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Sam Light, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Hanover now has a losing record of 1-2. As for Whitman-Hanson Regional, their victory bumped their record up to 2-0.
Whitman-Hanson Regional beat Hanover 5-2 when the teams last played on Thursday. Will the Panthers repeat their success, or do the Hawks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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