The Brusly Panthers will challenge the Florien Blackcats at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Brusly has 16 straight wins, Florien has ten straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Florien's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Tuesday: Brusly hadn't allowed a single run the last four times they've hit the field. The Panthers never let Holden get on the board and left with a 5-0 victory on Monday.
Meanwhile, Florien didn't have quite enough to beat Marksville on Monday and fell 4-3.
Kennon Richwine was huge while hitting and pitching even without the win. On the mound, he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't tossed less than seven strikeouts in three consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-2 with two stolen bases and one RBI.
Richwine wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jaxon Alcock, who went 1-for-3 with one double. That double was Alcock's first of the season.
Florien's defeat dropped their record down to 7-19. As for Brusly, their win bumped their record up to 25-5.
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