The Corydon Central Panthers are taking a road trip to challenge the Charlestown Pirates at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Corydon Central is coming into the match hot, having won their last four games.
If Corydon Central beats Charlestown with nine runs on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. The Panthers beat Mitchell on Tuesday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 9-3. Considering the Panthers have won three contests by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 11 runs the game before, Charlestown was a bit more limited in their match on Tuesday. They lost 14-2 to Jeffersonville. The game marked the Pirates' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Charlestown saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cooper Lynch, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Lynch has been hot, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. Cooper Lyvers also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Corydon Central's win bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Charlestown, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 6-1.
Everything went Corydon Central's way against Charlestown in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, as Corydon Central made off with a 7-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Panthers since the squad 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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