The Marion Center Stingers will face off against the River Valley Panthers at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Marion Center's favor as the squad sits on four straight wins at home while River Valley has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road.
Marion Center took a 12-run defeat the last time they faced off against West Shamokin, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. The Stingers' pitcher stepped up to hand the Wolves a 1-0 shutout on Wednesday.
Not much got past Camden Rising, who gave up just three hits to keep West Shamokin off the board.
Meanwhile, River Valley lost 13-1 to Central Cambria on Tuesday.
River Valley saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Eric Dinger, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run. Dinger has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
River Valley's loss dropped their record down to 3-15. As for Marion Center, their win bumped their record up to 10-5.
Marion Center came out on top in a nail-biter against River Valley in their previous matchup on Monday, sneaking past 8-6. Will the Stingers repeat their success, or do the Panthers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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