The Collinsville Panthers will square off against the Geraldine Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Collinsville is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
Collinsville's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past Geraldine 10-0. The Panthers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by eight runs or more this season.
Zach Clanton tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out eight over five innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in three consecutive appearances.
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At the plate, Collinsville got a massive performance out of Gavin Lang, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Lang is also on a roll when it comes to RBI, as he's now brought in three or more in each of the last four games he's played. Another player making a difference was Cooper(Jameson) Coker, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Collinsville always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .586. The last time their OBP was this high was back in February.
Collinsville's victory was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-4. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.1 runs on average over those games. As for Geraldine, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-8.
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